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the general public's idea of witches isn't entirely correct, they never flew on brooms, had green skin or tons of warts. and most likely no witches were accused or killed in the Salem Witch Trials. I think that people believe all that because of people tainting the stories and twisting things up to make it sound better to them.
Most people believed in witches because when things went wrong they needed someone to blame. They had people who went out and looked for witches and earned money by doing this.
To make a decision of whether someone was a witch or not, the authorities used to burn them, believing that if they were a witch they would survive; if they died, then they weren't. Also they would attach a weight to their feet and drop them in water: if they floated they were a witch; if they drowned, they weren't.
Witches were real though, not the same as what you see in movies though. It's a practice of healing someone with magic and potions (tea, ointment, etc.)
Witchcraft became popular through the printing of books and references to the forbidden practice of witchcraft in The Bible which was freely available in print.
because ordinary people had a lack of knowledge about witches making accusations easy to make and with little evidence. religion played a significant role too as if something bad happened to you it was gods way of saying i stopped protecting you and let the demon do his dirty work by ruining you. Witch finders seemed to know allot about witches when in fact they knew as muck information as every one else they were just clever in how they went about, and targeted vulnerable and disliked people.
Witches were seen as active agents of the devil. Not only were they blamed for agricultural failures, they were seen as the cause of any ailment or disease that was affecting the pious. For example, Charles II of Spain was so deformed from generations of inbreeding (his grandmother was related to him 42 different ways), that the only way he could rationalize his extreme physical and mental defects was to assume that his citizens were practicing witchcraft - this sparked a cruel and viscous period in the history of the Catholic Church and Inquisition.
Witches were being condemed because of various reasons because they had much power of which they could not even control themselves which triggered selfness.
They could do many things to satisfy there need no matter whether the consiquences could hate other people. The communities got fed up of these behaviors and that led to ban witchcraft but those few who did it for the best of the communities were being praised.
Conjure up potions to tend with a wide variety of problems. People thought they were evil, and in league with the devil, and could change forms.
They were believed to use magic for the devil, I think.
The general public's idea of witches isn't entirely correct.
For most people when they think about witches they think of evil and that the side with the devil , no one thinks witches are nice .
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Did people burn witches during Rudolf Bruns time?
Witches are not real.
How many witches were tried during the 1600's?
Witches were punished by being thrown in ditches with spell fish tied to their feet to make them swim away and drown. they were burned at the stake and hung. depending where you were, the punishments differed. in England, witches were hung and in the rest of Europe witches were burned.
What could witches be convicted for?
Back in the dark days of the Witch Hunts it was claimed that people were being burned for being affiliated with the devil in their workings of magic. They were foul people amongst the villagers who sought out the help of the devil to harm and curse everyone.The reality of it is that people got burned at the stake for witchcraft, because people got ticked off at them. Yes, there were real witches who were burned which thus shortly ended the use of the Books of Shadows and put everything into verbal words to pass down to their children. However, most of the people were not witches.The people who were burned at the stake were simply innocent people that somebody didn't like. It was a simple matter of going around and calling someone a witch to get them torched and out of your life. So people claimed their neighbors, their in-laws, and the dude who over charged them for a hammer were witches just due to the fact they were mad.It was a dark and rather stupid age.
What were peoples attitudes toward witches in 17Th century England?
People believed that witches were around in the 17th century due to there being many rumours going around that old women who had black cats and had a cauldron were witches. For testing these rumours there were two methods that they used, swimming a witch and burning them alive. Swimming a witch was when they tied up the person that they thought was a witch and placed them on the water. If they floated they were a witch because the water didn't want witches in the water and later on they would be burnt alive. If they drowned they were innocent but they died anyway because nobody fetched them out the water. So basically if they were accused of being a witch they would die.
Was ducking really used against witches?
Yes. See the Related Link.
Who told people to believe in witches?
Probably witches.
What do people believe about witches?
Most people believe they are deluded.
Did people believe in witches in the 1600?
Yes they did.
What powers did people believe that witches had?
people believed witches could change the weather and change people's appearances and personality's
Did people still believe in witches in 1913?
Yes, i believe in witches to this very day! i bet your a witch...please dont kill me! :(
Why did people used to believe in witches?
People still believe in witchcraft and witches. This has never gone away, but centuries ago people who had red hair were often seen as witches and people who were not part of a community but considered outsiders or odd were seen as witches. Witchcraft was often used to explain events in a community.
Why people believe in witches?
Those of us who are practicing witches have no problem believing in ourselves and others who practice as we do.
What did people believe about witches in jacobean England?
it wasn't good
Why did so many people believe in witches and witchcraft?
The powerless are prone to believe in the supernatural. If people around you believe something, you are more likely to believe it.
Who killed witches?
The 'heyday' of witch-hunting was from about 1550-1700. Witch-hunting had a particular attraction for Protestants - from Hungary to New England.
What did people believe about witches?
they believe that they were evil and crazy and that they live alone in the woods with no honey moon cause they were too scared to go by that they would cast a spell on people hahaha kiss witches butts....................................
Did vikings believe in witches?
i think they might of believed in witchcraft but did they believe in witches
