MEDIEVAL WITCHCRAFT By: Skylar Trushinski, Peyton Self, Jeffy Domer (Mathis)

MEDIEVAL WITCHCRAFT

•Usually involved spells • Pentagram were used for devil worship • Pagan religion was created by the devil

WHITE WITCHES

• Seen as helpful• Passing knowledge down generations

GOOD VS BAD

•Not all witches were bad• In the beginning they were considered good• Later found guilty

BLACK WITCHES

• Seen as bad• They practice bad magic• Typically use a pentagram

Ingredients for demon summoning

PENTAGRAM

TOOLS THEY USED

• They used scrolls • They were believed to use brooms• They conjured a familiar

TRIAL

•Made to confess even when innocent •Hung• Burned• Tortured • Beheaded

POWER ANIMALS

• To perform recitals • Animals were associated with evil•Witches can transform into animals •Used products of animals • Black cats were a common familiar

WOLVES/DOGS

•Wolves were a common familiar•Dogs were used for worship rituals• And birds bones were needed for spells

LANGUAGE

• Typically spells were said in Latin• Latin was a language of Pagans

http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials

SPELLS

GODS OF WORSHIP

•Witches worshipped Pagans • Sacrifices were made• Sacrifice had to be willing

VIDEO ON WITCH TRIAL

• http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials

BELIEFS OF WITCHES

• Europe blamed witchcraft on women• There were male witches (Wizard)

MYTHS ABOUT WITCHES

•Witches could turn into animals•Witches made bad weather

WORKS CITED

• http://www.witchcraftandwitches.com/history_medieval.html

• https://faculty.history.wisc.edu/sommerville/367/367-131.htm

• http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/medieval-witchcraft.htm

• http://www.witchcraft.com.au/medieval-witchcraft.html

• https://renaissancewitchcraft.wordpress.com/