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In 1575, the execution of Maria Johan resulted in a big witch hunt, the Navarre witch trials (1575–76) with fifty accused witches, but the Spanish Inquisition managed to transfer these investigation from the secular authorities to the Inquisition, resulting in no further executions. [2]
The myth of the witch had a strong cultural presence in 17th century New England and, as in Europe, witchcraft was strongly associated with devil-worship. [3] About eighty people were accused of practicing witchcraft in a witch-hunt that lasted throughout New England from 1647 to 1663. Thirteen women and two men were executed. [4]
The Navarrese witch hunt, however, provoked intervention by the Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition [de; eo; es]. In August 1525, the Inquisition was granted jurisdiction over the witch hunt, and 30 people accused of witchcraft were handed over to them. They also insisted on inspecting the ongoing witch trials.
In Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Pere Torrent "Cufí" was executed for being a wizard. In 1622, the Royal Audience and the Spanish Inquisition took control over the witch hunt, which resulted in less executions until the witch hunt ended in 1627. A second witch hunt took place in 1643, when 32 women were put on trial for sorcery in Capcir. They were ...
Witch-hunts against children were reported by the BBC in 1999 in the Congo [153] and in Tanzania, where the government responded to attacks on women accused of being witches for having red eyes. [154] A lawsuit was launched in 2001 in Ghana, where witch-hunts are also common, by a woman accused of being a witch. [154]
After Scovill retired, Oscar F. Hunt operated the store into the late 1940s. By then, the Ravenna Arsenal had swallowed up 900 acres. The depot was torn down in the 1950s, but the old store still ...
An Ohio woman killed her mother by beating her with a frying pan before stabbing her 30 times after she discovered her daughter had been kicked out of university.. Sydney Powell, 23, was found ...
In Spanish, aquelarre has become a loan word from the original Basque and refers to black sabbath. [12] The village of Zugarramurdi is home to a Witchcraft Museum that commemorates the witch trials of the region and pays tribute to the victims. Akelarre was a 1984 Spanish film by Pedro Olea about the trials.