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Witches' Sabbath
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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.
An illustration of Witches' Sabbath by Martin van Maële, from the 1911 edition of the book La Sorcière, by Jules Michelet
An illustration of Witches' Sabbath by Martin van Maële, from the 1911 edition of the book La Sorcière, by Jules Michelet
Sixteenth-century Swiss representation of Sabbath gathering from the chronicles of Johann Jakob Wick. Note the horned god seated on serpent-enlaced th
Sixteenth-century Swiss representation of Sabbath gathering from the chronicles of Johann Jakob Wick. Note the horned god seated on serpent-enlaced throne, witch performing the osculum infame upon a demon and another being aided by a demon to summon a storm from her cauldron, while others carouse and prepare magic potions
Index of a 1574 printing of Malleus Maleficarum
Index of a 1574 printing of Malleus Maleficarum
Witches' Sabbath. Johannes Praetorius: Blockes-Berges Verrichtung, Leipzig, 1668
Witches' Sabbath. Johannes Praetorius: Blockes-Berges Verrichtung, Leipzig, 1668
Malleus Maleficarum
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The Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise about witchcraft. It was written by German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer and first published in th
Witches' Sabbath
…witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became especially popular in the 20th century. The most infamous and influential work of witch-hunting lore, Malleus Maleficarum (1486), does not contain the word sabbath (sabbatum). The first recorded English use of sabbath referring to sorcery was in 1660, in Francis Brooke's…
Title page of the seventh Cologne edition of the Malleus Maleficarum, 1520 (from the University of Sydney Library)
Title page of the seventh Cologne edition of the Malleus Maleficarum, 1520 (from the University of Sydney Library)
Title page of an edition dated 1669
Title page of an edition dated 1669
Burning of three alleged witches in Baden, Switzerland (1585), by Johann Jakob Wick
Burning of three alleged witches in Baden, Switzerland (1585), by Johann Jakob Wick
The execution of alleged witches in Central Europe, 1587
The execution of alleged witches in Central Europe, 1587