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Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out the second blog from the brilliant @witchmapproject.bsky.social student interns. Really interesting to see some of the conclusions of their research! #hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky #folklorefriday

Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢Good morning and long time no see! Our second blog post about the Witch Map Project has just been uploaded. Please consider taking a look if you're interested in learning more about the conclusions we drew from our research.

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...

From Orkney to Odisha, and Beyond: The Witch Map Project and Global Witchcraft Memorials (Abigail Heneghan and Gabriel Hyde)

Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢Good morning and long time no see! Our second blog post about the Witch Map Project has just been uploaded. Please consider taking a look if you're interested in learning more about the conclusions we drew from our research.

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...

From Orkney to Odisha, and Beyond: The Witch Map Project and Global Witchcraft Memorials (Abigail Heneghan and Gabriel Hyde)

Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sources:

salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/pr...

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/site...

#earlymodern #medievalsky #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #salem #hextag

Proctor's Ledge Memorial - Salem Witch Museum

For many years it was believed that the nineteen innocent people who were executed in Salem in 1692 were hanged at the summit of Gallows Hill, on the edge of...

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 1

The memorial is a semi-circular wall, with the 19 victims’ names inscribed in the stones. An oak tree is in the centre. It was designed by Martha Lyon, and dedicated on July 19th 2017, the anniversary of the executions of Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Wildes.

A close up on the memorial stone for Susannah Martin, who died July 19th 1692.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 1

☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): The Proctor’s Ledge Memorial in Salem, USA.

Proctor’s Ledge was first identified as a possible site for the 1692 Salem executions in 1921 by Sidney Perley, but this wasn’t confirmed until January 2016 through the work of a team of researchers.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 1

Want to read our map? Follow the link here. www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/v...

Witchcraft memorials public - Google My Maps

Witchcraft memorials public

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 1

We will check in with our emails from time to time, so if you notice something we've missed on the map you can still contact us at [email protected].

Another thank you to @webstermedieval.bsky.social and @janmachielsen.bsky.social for being great supervisors and helping us so much!

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 1

📢We would like to thank all 100 of you who have supported our project for the past few weeks. Sadly, today is the last day that it will be active, but this isn't the end of us yet! Another blog post will go up in a week's time that we'll let you know about, and our map will remain available.

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Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fantastic to see the blog post from the @witchmapproject.bsky.social team on the Cardiff Supernatural blogspot this morning: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
#medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag @janmachielsen.bsky.social @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social

Cardiff Supernatural - Cardiff University

Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Aug 1

☀️Good morning everyone!

The first of two posts about the Witch Map Project is up on the Cardiff Supernatural blog. If you're interested in learning a little more about our project, please give it a read!

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...

Hex Marks the Spot: Mapping Witch Trials, Memory, and Meaning (Abigail Heneghan and Gabriel Hyde)

Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

Sources: vocal.media/history/kath...

historyheroines.com/2018/04/04/k...

www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/11/reme....

#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag

Katharina Henot

The Witch of Cologne

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

Her statue, made by descendant Marianne Lüdick in 1988, stands beside Jesuit Friedrich Spee’s, who condemned witch trials in 1631. Henot was officially rehabilitated in 2011.

Katharina also has a street and a school named after her. The 1989 movie ‘Die Hexe von Köln’ details her life. 🎥

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): Katharina Henot Memorial in Cologne, Germany.

Outside Cologne’s town hall stands a statue of Katharina Henot, Germany’s first female postmaster, executed as a witch in 1627. Wealthy and influential, she never confessed under torture but was still put to death.

A shot of Cologne's town hall, ornate and adorned with statues of historical figures.

A close-up shot of two statues, one of Friedrich Spree and the other of Katharina Henot, carved into stone.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sources:

www.lleida.com/noticia_cana...

www.emun.cat/news/corbins...

Corbins inaugurarà una plaça dedicada a una bruixa assassinada en el municipi

En el marc del 25 de novembre, Dia Mundial contra la violència vers les dones, l’Ajuntament de Corbins inaugurarà el pròxim diumenge 28, una nova plaça al municipi. Aquesta està situada al carrer Sitges i rebrà el nom de Thomassa Roig, una veïna del poble que l’any 1627 va ser acusada de bruixa i assassinada per les autoritats de l’època. Amb aquest nou nomenclàtor, el municipi comptarà amb un emplaçament dedicat a una dona.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 30

The writing on the sculpture reads “Sculpture in honour of Thomassa Roig. In homage of the victims of gender-based violence in the past, present, and future." The square and sculpture opened in November 2021 as part of World Day of Violence Against Women.

#earlymodern #witchtrials #medievalsky

An image of the statue in Thomassa Roig Square. It is shaped like a crescent with a woman's face in the centre.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 30

☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): Thomassa Roig Square in Corbins, Catalonia (Spain).

Thomassa Roig was a resident of Corbins who was executed for witchcraft in 1627. The square includes a sculpture which is dedicated to her and all women subject to violence, which was created by Elisenda Franquet.

A sign marking Thomassa Roig Square, which also says her execution date of 1627.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 29

Sources: hagothehills.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/g...

www.atlasobscura.com/places/griss...

#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag

Grissel Jaffray – The Dundee Witch

Grissel Jaffray was the last so called “witch” to burn in Dundee. Not a huge amount is known about the charges brought against her as documents relating to her trial were mysteriously d…

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 29

Local lore says Grissel had a son, a sailor. When he returned and saw the smoke rising over Dundee from her execution, he turned back and never came home again. ⛵

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 29

On November 11, 1669, Grissel was found guilty. She was strangled and then burned at the stake. If you follow Peter Street to Seagate, you’ll come to a black “X” laid in cobblestones. That marks the exact place of her execution.

Large stone cross embedded into a cobblestone street.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 29

☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): Grissel Jaffray Memorial in Dundee, Scotland.

At the entrance to Peter Street, tiled cones of water and fire frame a plaque for Grissel Jaffray. A 17th-century spaewife, she was accused of witchcraft; only her accusers’ names and execution method are still recorded.

A large mosaic cone filled with flames on the floor of a cobbled street.

A large mosaic cone filled with water on the floor of a cobbled street.

A circular blue plaque on the wall, reading 'Grissell Jaffray, Spaewife, ? to 1669'.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 28

📢Interested in taking a look at our map? Follow the link in the quoted post to see a read-only version!

Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢 Today, we want to share our current map with you! If you notice anything we might have missed, please contact us at [email protected] along with any sources. In the replies, we will list the criteria for entries as well as a guide to the colour-coding.

www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/e...

Witchcraft memorials public - Google My Maps

Witchcraft memorials public

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 28

Sources:

www.vpm.org/news/2022-10...

www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-w...

vbmuseums.org/blog/grace-s...

#witchtrials #earlymodern #medievalsky #witchcraft

The witching of the Virginia midwife: The state’s thorny history with the profession

Midwifery was criminalized in the commonwealth until 2005.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 28

She is depicted with a raccoon and carrying a basket of rosemary, which represents her love for animals and nursing ability. The statue was created by Robert G. Cunningham in 2007, located by Sentara Bayside Hospital, near where she was imprisoned. There is also a plaque describing her trial.

The plaque on the bottom of the statue. It describes Grace Sherwood's trial, where she was subject to trial by water and found guilty of witchcraft.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 28

☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): The Grace Sherwood Statue in Virginia, USA.

Grace Sherwood was a midwife and the last person to be convicted of witchcraft in Virginia in 1706, although she was never executed. Instead she was imprisoned and lived until age 80.

A picture of the Grace Sherwood Statue. She is depicted holding a basket of rosemary with a raccoon next to her.

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Witch Map Project @witchmapproject.bsky.social · Jul 25

Sources:

www.westfjords.is/en/travel-tr...

galdrasyning.is/galdrasyning...

www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-m...

Strandir

www.westfjords.is

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