#witch-trials — Public Fediverse posts

Despite its controversial legacy, Wonders of the Invisible World remains a key document for understanding the cultural and social dynamics that led to the witch trials and is a notable example of early American literature. #witches #witchtrials https://connectparanormal.link/post/821844521539207168/puritan-new-england-witchcraft-superstition

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Helene Dryburghe in 1626 in Coaltown of Wemyss.
Also accused: Issobell Mawer, Jonnet Pedie, Patrik Landrok, Helene Darumpill, Elizabeth Ross.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395374
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/960&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Fife

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Helene Dryburghe in 1626 in Coaltown of Wemyss.
Also accused: Issobell Mawer, Jonnet Pedie, Patrik Landrok, Helene Darumpill, Elizabeth Ross.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395374
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/960&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Fife

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell in 1593 in Bothwell.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43392739
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/113&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #SouthLanarkshire

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell in 1593 in Bothwell.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43392739
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/113&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #SouthLanarkshire

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jean Brown in 1706 in Penninghame.
Also accused: John McNairn.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394546
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2377&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Wigtownshire

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jean Brown in 1706 in Penninghame.
Also accused: John McNairn.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394546
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2377&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Wigtownshire

Moosham Castle: Austria's Dark Witch Trial History #castles #witchtrials

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Geils Harley in 1679 in Fisherrow.
Also accused: Marion Robertson.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43391503
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/812&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #EastLothian

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Geils Harley in 1679 in Fisherrow.
Also accused: Marion Robertson.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43391503
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/812&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #EastLothian

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Moira Neyne Yrascht in 1577 in Tain.
Also accused: Christiane Roiss, Marion Neyne McAlester, Christian Chactach, Margaret Neyn Gavin, Margaret Neyne Velene.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395792
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/JO/3193&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #ScottishHighlands

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Moira Neyne Yrascht in 1577 in Tain.
Also accused: Christiane Roiss, Marion Neyne McAlester, Christian Chactach, Margaret Neyn Gavin, Margaret Neyne Velene.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395792
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/JO/3193&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #ScottishHighlands

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Helene Clerk in 1645 in North Leith.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43390453
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/173&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Edinburgh

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Helene Clerk in 1645 in North Leith.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43390453
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/173&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Edinburgh

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Elizabeth Geddie in 1651 in Temple.
Also accused: Elizabeth Jonston.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395551
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/JO/2722&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Midlothian

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Elizabeth Geddie in 1651 in Temple.
Also accused: Elizabeth Jonston.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395551
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/JO/2722&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Midlothian

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jonnet Buttar in 1700 in Kinloch.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393882
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1902&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #PerthAndKinross

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jonnet Buttar in 1700 in Kinloch.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393882
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1902&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #PerthAndKinross

Accused of witchcraft in 1704 Scotland, Lilias Adie was buried beneath a heavy stone to prevent her return. Now, her grave may have been found—still sealed.
#DarkHistory #AncientMysteries #WitchTrials #HiddenHistory #HistoryFacts
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/have-archaeologists-found-last-known-witch-grave-scotland-002272

Air For Petronella by Medusa Quartet

I went to see a cello player with my sister, Raphael Weinwroth-Brown one evening. I’ve seen him once before after my sister told me how amazing his music is. There was an opening quarter before his performance, Medusa, and their songs were beautiful as well.

One that stood out to me – and probably everyone there – is a song called ‘Air for Petronella’. Before playing this beautiful piece, they told us the meaning behind the song. It’s about an innocent girl who was tried as a witch in Ireland. She was completely innocent of the accusation and was the first person in Ireland to be burned at the stake for witchcraft in Ireland. She was accused due to being a follower of Dame Alice Kyteler who was charged for witchcraft – all of her associates were deemed guilty as well, including young Petronella. Kyteler fled for her life, leaving Petronella to be flogged and burned at the stake for the crime of “heresy”.

Saskia Tomkins composed this melancholically beautiful piece after reading about this true story. She couldn’t sleep one night, upset about the injustice toward an innocent girl, and wrote this song for the quartet.

https://youtu.be/LZzs3WJQUw8?si=OMCCA4lq_yxRZHl9

As they played the beautiful but sad song, almost everyone was in tears. It’s a deep sadness for Petronella herself, and for everyone who has been put to death for doing nothing wrong. Fanaticism has claimed many lives and shows cruelty to anyone who appears to be a threat to it.

It’s a sobering reminder of how many women (and some men) suffered throughout history for being too wise, too knowledgeable about science, for challenging current beliefs of the time, or simply being in the wrong place. This has been on my mind a lot since I saw this played live, and wanted to share it with you all.

Medusa is an independent quarter based out of Toronto. Go Canada and live music!

This song is a kind tribute to Petronella.

Ireland’s First Witching Burning

Air For Petronella by Medusa Quartet

I went to see a cello player with my sister, Raphael Weinwroth-Brown one evening. I’ve seen him once before after my sister told me how amazing his music is. There was an opening quarter before his performance, Medusa, and their songs were beautiful as well.

One that stood out to me – and probably everyone there – is a song called ‘Air for Petronella’. Before playing this beautiful piece, they told us the meaning behind the song. It’s about an innocent girl who was tried as a witch in Ireland. She was completely innocent of the accusation and was the first person in Ireland to be burned at the stake for witchcraft in Ireland. She was accused due to being a follower of Dame Alice Kyteler who was charged for witchcraft – all of her associates were deemed guilty as well, including young Petronella. Kyteler fled for her life, leaving Petronella to be flogged and burned at the stake for the crime of “heresy”.

Saskia Tomkins composed this melancholically beautiful piece after reading about this true story. She couldn’t sleep one night, upset about the injustice toward an innocent girl, and wrote this song for the quartet.

https://youtu.be/LZzs3WJQUw8?si=OMCCA4lq_yxRZHl9

As they played the beautiful but sad song, almost everyone was in tears. It’s a deep sadness for Petronella herself, and for everyone who has been put to death for doing nothing wrong. Fanaticism has claimed many lives and shows cruelty to anyone who appears to be a threat to it.

It’s a sobering reminder of how many women (and some men) suffered throughout history for being too wise, too knowledgeable about science, for challenging current beliefs of the time, or simply being in the wrong place. This has been on my mind a lot since I saw this played live, and wanted to share it with you all.

Medusa is an independent quarter based out of Toronto. Go Canada and live music!

This song is a kind tribute to Petronella.

Ireland’s First Witching Burning

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jonet Jack in 1637 in Banff.
Also accused: Margaret Livie.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43396210
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/LA/3178&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Aberdeenshire

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jonet Jack in 1637 in Banff.
Also accused: Margaret Livie.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43396210
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/LA/3178&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Aberdeenshire

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Christiane Steill in 1649 in Borthwick.
Also accused: Agnes Forsyth, Margaret Admiston, Margaret Ritchie, James Dik, Margaret Hermiston, Margaret Adinstoun, Margaret Dick, Janet Gibb, Margaret Johnston, Robert Acreskine, John Haggon, Sara Leonard, James Hugo.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393943
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1949&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Midlothian

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Christiane Steill in 1649 in Borthwick.
Also accused: Agnes Forsyth, Margaret Admiston, Margaret Ritchie, James Dik, Margaret Hermiston, Margaret Adinstoun, Margaret Dick, Janet Gibb, Margaret Johnston, Robert Acreskine, John Haggon, Sara Leonard, James Hugo.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393943
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1949&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Midlothian

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Margaret Law in 1679 in Bonhard.
Also accused: Jean Ffoddin.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43396024
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/LA/2943&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Falkirk

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Margaret Law in 1679 in Bonhard.
Also accused: Jean Ffoddin.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43396024
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/LA/2943&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Falkirk

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Henry Christian in 1710 in Reisgill.
Also accused: Ann Sutherland.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395960
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/LA/2849&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #ScottishHighlands

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Henry Christian in 1710 in Reisgill.
Also accused: Ann Sutherland.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43395960
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/LA/2849&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #ScottishHighlands

Nacht über einem Hügel im Spessart.

Kerzen im Gras. Alte Holzspielzeuge im Tau.

Erinnerung an die Unschuldigen der Hexenverfolgung.
Erinnerung an die Verbrannten.

Night over a lonely hill in the Spessart forest, Germany.

Candles in the grass. Wooden toys in the dew.

In memory of the innocents of the witch trials.
In memory of those who were burned.

#Spessart #Hexenverfolgung #WitchTrials #Erinnerung #Memory #History #Germany

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Bigs Flayer in 1649 in Carrington.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394007
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2021&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Midlothian

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Bigs Flayer in 1649 in Carrington.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394007
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2021&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Midlothian

The First Witch of Boston: A Novel "Margarets refusal to be anything other than her authentic self, rather than witchcraft, which truly sealed her fate" Sale: $4.99 to $2.49 Andrea Catalano Rating: 4.4/5 (25,521 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #WitchTrials #LoveStory #Puritan #Boston #Books #BookSky

The First Witch of Boston: A N...

The First Witch of Boston: A Novel "Margarets refusal to be anything other than her authentic self, rather than witchcraft, which truly sealed her fate" Sale: $4.99 to $2.49 Andrea Catalano Rating: 4.4/5 (25,521 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #WitchTrials #LoveStory #Puritan #Boston #Books #BookSky

The First Witch of Boston: A N...

#bookwyrm #30daybookchallenge - Day27 - Book with a Number in the Title - Witchcraft: a History in Thirteen Trials - Marion Gibson #nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #NonfictionNovember #witches #history #historymatters #WitchTrials #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub #booksky #booktok #bookstagram https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

The Principles that I Live By

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/the-principles-that-i-live-by/

The Principles that I Live By

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/the-principles-that-i-live-by/

TIL: today is the 333rd anniversary of the last hangings of the #SalemMA #witchtrials

Via: Historic Boston's discussion tonight.

2 of the panelists descent from trial victims.

https://www.eventbrite.com/x/resistance-stopping-witch-hunts-part-ii-tickets-1492347273869?

TIL: today is the 333rd anniversary of the last hangings of the #SalemMA #witchtrials

Via: Historic Boston's discussion tonight.

2 of the panelists descent from trial victims.

https://www.eventbrite.com/x/resistance-stopping-witch-hunts-part-ii-tickets-1492347273869?

@bookstodon

Dr Morna Fleming looks at Mollie Hunter’s THE THIRTEENTH MEMBER, a novel of witchcraft, alchemy, & treason set in late 16th-century #Scotland – presented at our 2021 Schools Conference

3/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKHL58len-g

#Scottish #literature #Scotland #ChildrensLiterature #kidlit #YA #supernatural #WitchTrials #EarlyModern #history #historicalfiction #witchcraft #16thcentury

@bookstodon

Dr Morna Fleming looks at Mollie Hunter’s THE THIRTEENTH MEMBER, a novel of witchcraft, alchemy, & treason set in late 16th-century #Scotland – presented at our 2021 Schools Conference

3/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKHL58len-g

#Scottish #literature #Scotland #ChildrensLiterature #kidlit #YA #supernatural #WitchTrials #EarlyModern #history #historicalfiction #witchcraft #16thcentury

@crk5 Trump is modelled on a real life Abigail Williams in The Crucible. The witch has become the Ecoterrorist with a heart of ICE. Trump confessed to being a Witch when he complained about being the victim of a witch hunt! #WitchTrials #HellOnEarth #EcocideOligarchs #NarcissistsSalem #RealPeople #LiarsLot #MobRule

@crk5 Trump is modelled on a real life Abigail Williams in The Crucible. The witch has become the Ecoterrorist with a heart of ICE. Trump confessed to being a Witch when he complained about being the victim of a witch hunt! #WitchTrials #HellOnEarth #EcocideOligarchs #NarcissistsSalem #RealPeople #LiarsLot #MobRule

Finished #reading the fascinating #novella #TheDaylighGate, #author #JeanetteWinterson's retelling of the #PendleWitchTrials of 1612 in England, when 12 men + women were charged with the murders of 10 people by the use of #witchcraft. Winterson reimagines this world adding passion + magic to the sad + tragic events of that time.

Statue is #AliceNutter, the central character in Winterson's story

#novel #books #booklist #mybookshelf #readinglist #witches #witchtrials #livres #libros #bücher

Henri Boguet’s Discours exécrable des Sorciers, published in 1602, was a notable witch-hunting manual that influenced legal procedures in witch trials, particularly in France and Switzerland. #Witchtrials #witches https://connectparanormal.net/2025/02/03/discours-execrable-des-sorciers-witch-trials-in-early-modern-france/

#WitchTrials and #BathroomBills

https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/witch-trials-and-bathroom-bills

#WitchTrials and #BathroomBills

https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/witch-trials-and-bathroom-bills

Christianity hasn't changed any since the Inquisition. Their beliefs in devils, demons, satan, and other imaginary fiends has caused harm to millions and led to murder, too.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-does-fairy-romance-come-from

Literalism should be treated as a mental defect that is dangerous to society and treated as such.

Christian Nationalism is using police state violence to try and punish people for imaginary crimes.

#ChristianNationalism #WitchTrials #ReligiousFreedom #CivilRights #SeparationOfChurchAndState

The book caught flack, sure - from the credulous, those swept up in the panic, and those - even Parliamentarians - who saw it as a chance to raise their profile and be seen as combatting the imaginary evil.

But - again, because the book was so brilliant & true in its piss-takes of their belief - they looked absurd. Its critics had lost public support.

Words make things happen. They have power. But they can save things from happening too.

#literature #witchcraft #witchtrials #books #1500s

One of my favourite moments in history.

In 1584, as witch panic gripped Europe & threatened to sweep Britain, a member of Parliament called Reginald Scott wrote a book, 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft', absolutely dismantling the belief in witches in ways funny, elegant, irrefutable & memorable.

‘The Discoverie of Witches’ became a sensation.

As a result, the British witch craze was muted. 1000s of lives were saved.

#books #witchcraft #witch #WitchTrials #craze #moralpanic #1500s #literature

Debunking the Pervasive Myths About Medieval Witch Hunts

I found the video below quite excellent and enlightening. She does her research!

Okay, I'm no historian and I can't confirm or deny the veracity of the info conveyed, but it rings true to me. But what do I know? Anyway, watch to the end.

#witch #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #occult #history #WitchTrials #medieval #MiddleAges #renaissance #wicca #NeoPaganism #TheBurningTime #feminism #Christianity #myth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjXETCPMuHo