The respected witches in Ancient Egypt weren’t just great at magic. They had other valuable skills like alchemy, reading the stars, attending to births, and concocting herbal mixtures. Some other cultures, though, feared witches could bring bad luck and that they devoured the souls of unfortuna...
The United States has a rich history, full of tumult and transformation. Explore the people, events, and movements that shaped the America of today.
For many people—especially New Englanders (wickedor not) and fans of Daniel Day-Lewis or Winona Ryder (stars of the 1996 movie version of Arthur Miller'sThe Crucible)—17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, comes to mind when they hear the wordwitch hunt. The persecution ofwitchesgoes back to...
Between 1450 and 1750 more than 100,000 people, mainly women, in Europe and colonial America were prosecuted for practicing harmful magic and worshipping the devil. examines this persecution and the religious hysteria that inspired it, tracing its roots back to the savage suppression of the ...
We were able to share with you the name of theNorth American wizarding schoolearlier this year, but there’s just so much more to tell you about witches and wizards across the world. Magic in North Americawill bring to light the history of this previously unexplored corner of the wizarding...
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Salem witch trials, (June 1692–May 1693), in American history, a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted “witches” to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in theMassachusetts Bay Colony(nowDanvers, Massachusetts). ...
South Asia, Africa, andNorth America, is that witches can harm a person by gaining access to their nail clippings, hair, or bodily waste. Another idea, found in parts of Europe, is that a curse can be enacted by making a doll or effigy of a person, into which pins can then be ...
Massachusetts wasn’t the first of the 13 colonies to obsess about witches, though. In Windsor,Connecticutin 1647, Alse Young was the first person in America executed for witchcraft. Before Connecticut’s final witch trial took place in 1697, forty-six people were accused of witchcraft in that...
The United States has a rich history, full of tumult and transformation. Explore the people, events, and movements that shaped the America of today.