Swimming the witch and other medieval tortures

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Swimming the witch and other medieval tortures
Topic Started: Nov 30 2008, 06:34 AM (635 Views)
Mystical	Nov 30 2008, 06:34 AM Post #1
Posts: 14 Group: BANNED Member #416 Joined: Jun 25 2007 Gender Female	'Swimming a witch' and other medieval tortures Poor witches. They have a long history of being punished and persecuted. And yet witch-hunting might even be described as an art -- or craft -- when you consider the many means used to exterminate them. A few remedies have stood the test of time, however. Here's a short list of tried-and-true methods for removal, just in case: "Swimming the witch" Everybody knows witches and water don't mix -- remember what happened to the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz"? But where does the expression "swimming the witch" come from? During medieval times, a popular way to test a person's witch quotient was to tie up and weigh down the accused (usually a woman) and throw her into a body of water. If she drowned, she was innocent. If she floated, she was a witch -- and then could ritualistically be punished for surviving. "Swimming the witch" may have been inspired by the baptism tradition that anoints believers into a faith. The idea is that water accepts a willing Christian (hence, the drowning -- and thanks for nothing, we say) but rejects the evil embodied in a witch (sparing her to be punished by mortals). Burning a witch In the 15th- and 16th-century witch trials of Europe, burning witches at the stake was so popular the era became known as the Burning Times. Bonfire, anyone? Stoning a witch If drowning and burning weren't options, then stoning was certainly a good backup. This popular punishment goes back to biblical times, when a stoning often came about spontaneously with an angry mob descending on the suspected witch. Cursing a witch Beat her at her own game. A witch-hunting strategy in some countries, such as Tudor England, went like this: Collect items from a witch's artillery -- special herbs, human hair, needles -- then stuff them in a bottle and bury it under your hearth or in the walls of your home. If a witch comes too close to your homemade talisman, she'll lose her power and die -- in some cases by explosion. http://isittrue.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=14037367&imageindex=1&cp-searchtext='Swimming+the+witch'+expression%20&FORM=MSNIIT



Isis	Dec 1 2008, 02:49 AM Post #2
The Goddess of Darkness & Desire Posts: 9,667 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 21 2006 Gender Female Age Group 40's Country - USA Quotation - A weak body leads to a weak mind and a weak mind leads to a weak soul!!!!	Another witch bite's the dust....
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Mystical	Dec 1 2008, 03:05 AM Post #3
Posts: 14 Group: BANNED Member #416 Joined: Jun 25 2007 Gender Female	Isis you always come up with the funniest things to say



Isis	Dec 3 2008, 08:00 PM Post #4
The Goddess of Darkness & Desire Posts: 9,667 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 21 2006 Gender Female Age Group 40's Country - USA Quotation - A weak body leads to a weak mind and a weak mind leads to a weak soul!!!!	When you have been burned to death as much as i have you have to laugh about it....
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newbloodmoon	Feb 25 2009, 03:49 AM Post #5
Sik ómahkapi'si Posts: 1,618 Group: Members Member #3,302 Joined: Feb 22 2009 Gender Male Age Group 30's Country - USA Quotation - All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. - Edgar Allan Poe	"Well how do you know she's a witch?"... "She looks like one!".....(Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
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Mystical	Feb 25 2009, 09:38 AM Post #6
Posts: 14 Group: BANNED Member #416 Joined: Jun 25 2007 Gender Female	Well I always say...if she acts like a witch....describes herself as a witch...is a lover of the craft."not to hurt or damage anything, or anyone...then yes she is a "Witch".. Very over-rated....very much sensationalized...very much everyone needs to keep their own door step clean and brush it clean with a good broom...."Is my opinion"!!!! OH and If the broom falls.....YELL...!!! company is company and always be aware of blood on the moon...



DONTEATUS	Feb 25 2009, 12:12 PM Post #7
Higher Species Posts: 2,631 Group: Members Member #3,287 Joined: Jan 30 2009 Gender Male	If she Floats shes a witch!



Isis	Feb 25 2009, 12:22 PM Post #8
The Goddess of Darkness & Desire Posts: 9,667 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 21 2006 Gender Female Age Group 40's Country - USA Quotation - A weak body leads to a weak mind and a weak mind leads to a weak soul!!!!	Thats enough with the witch joke's.... ........... Edited by Isis, Feb 25 2009, 12:23 PM.
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She-ra	Feb 25 2009, 05:10 PM Post #9
Princess of Power Posts: 6,024 Group: Forum Executive Member #3,238 Joined: Sep 16 2008 Gender Female Country - USA Quotation - Meow... purr	Interesting. Doesn't anyone float if they are fat? I mean doesn't that make one more bouyant? I dunno Great article thanks Myst
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Welsh Shaun	Feb 25 2009, 08:45 PM Post #10
Quiz Master Posts: 489 Group: Members Member #32 Joined: Jun 16 2006 Gender Male	During those times if a woman couldnt get pregnant it was the womans fault not the mans so she was deemed to be a witch.



She-ra	Feb 26 2009, 12:49 AM Post #11
Princess of Power Posts: 6,024 Group: Forum Executive Member #3,238 Joined: Sep 16 2008 Gender Female Country - USA Quotation - Meow... purr	Welsh Shaun Feb 25 2009, 08:45 PM During those times if a woman couldnt get pregnant it was the womans fault not the mans so she was deemed to be a witch. OMG That just just wronggggggg... Pfthththhhhh. ugh.
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Mystical	Feb 26 2009, 03:12 AM Post #12
Posts: 14 Group: BANNED Member #416 Joined: Jun 25 2007 Gender Female	Didn't they also believe in those times that if a women in child birth didn't scream or show pain that she would be buried in unhallowed ground with the lost souls? Deemed a witch? Hmpf...why is it always blamed on the woman...everyone knows that the male is in charge of what sex the child will be ....pfffft... "Man" made rules...yep....



DONTEATUS	Feb 26 2009, 09:31 AM Post #13
Higher Species Posts: 2,631 Group: Members Member #3,287 Joined: Jan 30 2009 Gender Male	But we Love the Witch torture Isis! Witch`s are Still People too Right? Gets led to the Spanking Room by Isis!



Isis	Feb 27 2009, 12:44 PM Post #14
The Goddess of Darkness & Desire Posts: 9,667 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 21 2006 Gender Female Age Group 40's Country - USA Quotation - A weak body leads to a weak mind and a weak mind leads to a weak soul!!!!
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StrmySummer	Mar 1 2009, 04:25 AM Post #15
Storm Goddess Posts: 5,551 Group: Forum Reporter Member #43 Joined: Jul 10 2006 Gender Female	Mystical Feb 26 2009, 03:12 AM Didn't they also believe in those times that if a women in child birth didn't scream or show pain that she would be buried in unhallowed ground with the lost souls? Deemed a witch? Hmpf...why is it always blamed on the woman...everyone knows that the male is in charge of what sex the child will be ....pfffft... "Man" made rules...yep.... ya know it's funny that you mention being silent during child birth......Scientologists believe you must be silent during the process of giving birth (don't exactly know why though) as far as "it always being the woman's fault"....a lot of times she's seen to be the "weaker" because Eve is the one who gave in to eat the fruit, coaxed by the serpent....so back then the women were believed to be more easily swayed by evil
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