Go in the Devil's Name: When Isobel Gowdie Confessed to Being a Witch

Post by Amezarak » Fri, Oct 13, 2023, 6:32 PM UTC

ye-olde-sysrq wrote: post #7

ynab5 wrote: post #4

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I know you're not posting in good faith but I do want to underline two things, in case anyone else is reading this who is similarly dismissive as OP: - they did kill her - she was clearly not a witch, given that they do not exist And given the dearth of warlock or wizard trials, it is safe to say that this was clearly motivated by sexism - viewing women as far more likely to be agents of Satan, just as Eve handed Ada…

Witch did not imply woman in former centuries. For example, if you take a look at the "witches" executed during the Salem witch trials, many of them are men, including the alleged ringleader; George Burroughs, George Jacobs, John Proctor, John Williard, and Samuel Wardwell were all convicted and executed for witchcraft. Others were also tried and punished or imprisoned until trial. This holds true in Europe as well.

Your narrative doesn't really work well at all here for other reasons either - some of these were powerful men who were accused by women or slaves, not representatives of the patriarchy.

Here for instance is the arrest warrant for George Burroughs, in case you want to see the specific wording: https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n22.html

This is why Tolkien used the word "witch" for the Nazgul - "witch-king" was not an oxymoron.

Re: Go in the Devil's Name: When Isobel Gowdie Confessed to Being a Witch

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