Hacker News with Generative AI: Witchcraft

The Ballad of the Inquisition's Greatest Witch Trial (historytoday.com)
How a lost ballad detailing the Inquisition’s sentencing of 28 alleged Basque witches spread a witchcraft panic through 17th-century Spain.

History, Witchcraft, Spain, Inquisition, Folklore

8 points by Caiero 30 days ago | 1 comments

How the Malleus maleficarum fueled the witch trial craze (arstechnica.com)
Between 1400 and 1775, a significant upsurge of witch trials swept across early-modern Europe, resulting in the execution of an estimated 40,000–60,000 accused witches.

History, Witchcraft, Religion, Europe

13 points by BerislavLopac 34 days ago | 1 comments

Witches around the world (aeon.co)
If asked, most people in the West would say that wicked witches who fly unaided or turn into animals don’t really exist. And, according to all available evidence, they would be right. It’s more difficult to prove that no one practises ‘witchcraft’, that is, conducts rites or utters curses in an attempt to harm others.

Witchcraft, Folklore, History, Culture

44 points by drdee 45 days ago | 1 comments