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Who is Banquo referring to when he says weird women?
The three witches
Did Saint Patrick burn women as witches?
No, Saint Patrick did not kill or burn witches.
Witches were welcomed into Puritan society?
No - women accused of being witches were hunted tortured and killed.
What was the 'swimming of the witches'?
'The swimming of witches' was when a women, accused of being a witch, was dragged down a river.
Where women in Norway accused of being witches?
No ^^
Who were accused of being witches?
Mostly innocent women.
Witches are all women?
No. There are both Men and Woman who are Witches.
Is it important that the witches are female in Macbeth?
Witches tend to be women. In Shakespeare's time, I assume that women were witches since Hecate is a woman who is goddess of witchcraft. I don't believe there's any report of a man being accused of witchcraft and being killed for it.
What James 1 did about witches?
James I disliked witches mainly be cause he was of homosexual leanings and had a severe distrust for women, believing them to be a threat to an already paranoid king as witches all being women were viewed as directly dealing with the devil himself.
What kind of people were thought to be witches?
Witches were commonly thought to be old women, poor and usually unprotected. They were often single women or widows. Also witches were closely associated with living alone (in a house in the woods). Common pets for a witch to have were frogs, ravens, goats and mice.
Is this how you spell wiches?
No, that spelling is not correct.The correct spelling is witches.An example sentence is "the witches cursed the merchant".
Why are mostly older women accused of witchcraft hysteria?
It is mainly because witches tended to be wise women and healers which required the women to be older.
