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Witches' Sabbath

A Witches' Sabbath is a purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became especially popular in the 20th century.

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Origin of the phrase

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Disputed accuracy of the accounts of gatherings

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A term favored by recent translators

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Origin of the phrase

A term favored by recent translators

Disputed accuracy of the accounts of gatherings

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Witches' Sabbath

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Further reading · 123
Witches' Sabbath → Accused, Akelarre, An Archaic Pattern, Baroque Germany, Basque Witch-Craze, Bengt, Black, Brighton, Burchard's Strigae, Carlo, Centres, Chapter IV, Christopher, Clarendon Press, Comparative Perspective, Crown, Cultural Reality, Cunning Folk, Date, Deciphering
see also · 29
Witches' Sabbath → Akelarre, Auldearn, Basque, Black Sabbath, Carlo GinzburgFlying, Character, Chazon, Deciphering, Devil's, Gospel, Gowdie, Hallucinogenic, Jonsdotter, Kyteler, Mass, Nairn, Person, Sabbath, Satanic, Scottish
related to Origin of the phrase · 18
Witches' Sabbath → Art, Conversion, Divers Sorcerers, English, Francis Brooke's, French, He, Magdalene, Malleus Maleficarum, Penitent Woman, Possession, Sabath, Sabbaths, Sébastien Michaëlis's Admirable History, The, The World Surveyed, Vincent Le Blanc's, Witches Sabbath
related to Fine art · 14
Witches' Sabbath → As, English, Francisco GoyaMuse, Frans Francken, Hans Baldung, Jacob, Luis Ricardo Falero, Night, Roman Ruins, Spanish El, Swanenburgh, The, The Great He-Goat, The Witches' Sabbath
related to Music · 12
Witches' Sabbath → Crowds, Dream, English, Fantastique, French, German, Hexensabbath, In, In Hector Berlioz's Symphonie, Sabbat, Songe, The
related to Ritual elements · 5
Witches' Sabbath → Bristol University's Ronald Hutton, Compendium Maleficarum, Devil, Francesco Maria Guazzo, The
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Witches' Sabbath → purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals

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sabbath witchcraft witches' witches term also sabbat modern use popular french word english uses early european german phrase magic gathering

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Witches' Sabbathis apurported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals0.90text
Emma Wilby have argued that although the more diabolical elements of the witches' sabbath stereotype were invented by inquisitorsinstance ofscholars0.80text
the witchcraft suspects themselves may have encouraged these ideas to circulate by drawing on popular beliefsinstance ofscholars0.80text
experiences around liturgical misruleinstance ofscholars0.80text
cursing ritesinstance ofscholars0.80text
magical conjurationinstance ofscholars0.80text
confraternal gatherings to flesh-out their descriptions of the sabbath during interrogations.Christian missionaries' attitude to African cults was not much different in principle to their attitude to the Witches' Sabbath in Europeinstance ofscholars0.80text
Apuleiusinstance ofstretching back to the time of classical authors0.80text
is the use of unguents conferring the power ofinstance ofstretching back to the time of classical authors0.80text
Witches' Sabbathrelated to Fine artThe0.60section
Witches' Sabbathrelated to Fine artThe Witches' Sabbath0.60section
Witches' Sabbathrelated to Fine artHans Baldung0.60section

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