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  2. Asian witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    In modern times, Gong Tau in Hokkien, Teochew in Cantonese or Jiang Tou in Mandarin is the term used when someone is suspected of having been attacked by black magic and is believed to be a fusion of poison skills which originated in Yunnan, China and witchcraft seen in South East Asia. It is used to either seek revenge, resolve relationship ...

  3. Witch trials in the early modern period - Wikipedia

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    In the Nordic countries, the late 17th century saw the peak of the trials in a number of areas: the Torsåker witch trials of Sweden (1674), where 71 people were executed for witchcraft in a single day, the peak of witch hunting in Swedish Finland, [41] and the Salzburg witch trials in Austria (where 139 people were executed from 1675 to 1690).

  4. List of people executed for witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    Witch-hunts increased again in the 17th century. The witch trials in Early Modern Europe included the Basque witch trials in Spain, the Fulda witch trials in Germany, the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, and the Torsåker witch trials in Sweden. There were also witch-hunts during the 17th century in the American colonies.

  5. Category:Early Modern witch hunts - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Early Modern witch hunts" ... Witch trials in the early modern period; B. The Burning Times; D.

  6. Category:Witch trials - Wikipedia

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    This category is for individual (specific) trials/cases in the context of the Witch trials in the early modern period. For generic topics involving the early modern witch-hunts/trials, use Category:Early Modern witch hunts. For topics related to witch-hunting outside of the Early Modern period, use Category:Witch hunting

  7. List of mass panic cases - Wikipedia

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    Witch trials in the early modern period from 1450 to 1750 and especially from 1580 to 1630.; Dancing plague of 1518 – a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518 wherein numerous people took to dancing for days.

  8. Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is a modern-day witch—and business owner, podcaster and teacher, among other things—and does not fit any of those witchy tropes at all. Much like those “Stars! Much ...

  9. History of magic - Wikipedia

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    The trial of Joan of Arc in 1431 may be the most famous witch trial of the Middle Ages and can be seen as the beginning of the witch trials of the early modern era. A young woman who led France to victory during the Hundred Years' War , she was sold to the English and accused of heresy because she believed God had designated her to defend her ...