Yeah… those were really about finding unpopular women and torturing them to death for fun. Any nonconformist who wouldn’t tow the line.
You notice how all those “tests” to prove one is or isn’t a witch all end in a dead innocent? Like, “tie a stone around her neck and throw her in the lake; if she floats, she’s a witch.” Or even the classic, “Tie her to a post and set her on fire; if she doesn’t burn, she’s a witch!” That one became so much fun to watch, they turned it around and made it the execution method for “confirmed” witches.
It was a really bad time to not pick up after your dog if it goes on the neighbors lawn… or to turn down a marriage proposal to the town mayor’s asshole son. “She refused to marry my boy because she’s already a bride of satan! Burn her!”
“No no! It’s just because he’s a rotten prick, I swear! AIIEEE!”
Yeah… those were really about finding unpopular women and torturing them to death for fun. Any nonconformist who wouldn’t tow the line.
You notice how all those “tests” to prove one is or isn’t a witch all end in a dead innocent? Like, “tie a stone around her neck and throw her in the lake; if she floats, she’s a witch.” Or even the classic, “Tie her to a post and set her on fire; if she doesn’t burn, she’s a witch!” That one became so much fun to watch, they turned it around and made it the execution method for “confirmed” witches.
It was a really bad time to not pick up after your dog if it goes on the neighbors lawn… or to turn down a marriage proposal to the town mayor’s asshole son. “She refused to marry my boy because she’s already a bride of satan! Burn her!”
“No no! It’s just because he’s a rotten prick, I swear! AIIEEE!”