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Witch's mark

A witch's mark, devil's mark or stigma diabolicum was a bodily mark that witch-hunters believed indicated that an individual was a witch, during the height of the witch trials. The beliefs about the mark differed, depending on the trial location and the accusation made against the witch. Use of the term is found earliest in the 16th century, and reaching…

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Historiography

AnthropologistMargaret MurrayTattoosPagan religionWicca
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Beliefs about the mark on witches

Early modern EnglandImpsFamiliarsCambionFolklore
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Early Modern Witch Trials

CallusesPricking a witchEarly modern EuropeMatthew HopkinsEnglish Civil War
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Premodern understandings of bodily markings

ChristendomErving Goffman
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Premodern understandings of bodily markings

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Witch's mark

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related to Pagan tattoos hypothesis · 21
Witch's mark → After, As, British, Christian Europe, Devil's, Her, Historical, However, Margaret Murray's, Middle Ages, Murray, Murray's, Murray-ists, Murrayist, The, The God, Western Europe, When, Wicca, Witchcult
related to Lyme disease theory · 13
Witch's mark → America, Columbian, Drymon, Europe, Germany, Laurie Winn Carlson, Lyme, New World, Rhine River Valley, Salem, Spanish Empire, The, This
related to Beliefs about the mark on witches · 10
Witch's mark → All, England, Experts, Folklore, However, It, Once, Satan, The, Witch's
related to Early Modern Witch Trials · 10
Witch's mark → Authorities, Catherine Boyraionne's, Customarily, Devil, If, Medieval, Pins, She, The, To
related to Premodern understandings of bodily markings · 9
Witch's mark → As Christianity, Before English Christendom, Devil, Erving Goffman, Europe, Greeks, Per, The, These
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Witch's mark → gendered aspect of the witch-hunts

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