Just boosting @webstermedieval.bsky.social 's #medievalsky #earlymodern post on 🎃👻🕸️ Halloween.
If you're interested in witchy #hextag stuff, then our article and the blog posts by our @witchmapproject.bsky.social interns are an excellent starting point. 😊
31.10.2025 10:05 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
We're back briefly to share this with everyone! We hope you enjoy.
#hextag #skystorians
31.10.2025 11:37 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Check out the second blog from the brilliant @witchmapproject.bsky.social student interns. Really interesting to see some of the conclusions of their research! #hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky #folklorefriday
08.08.2025 09:57 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
From Orkney to Odisha, and Beyond: The Witch Map Project and Global Witchcraft Memorials (Abigail Heneghan and Gabriel Hyde)
Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.
📢Good morning and long time no see! Our second blog post about the Witch Map Project has just been uploaded. Please consider taking a look if you're interested in learning more about the conclusions we drew from our research.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
08.08.2025 09:07 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
A close up on the memorial stone for Susannah Martin, who died July 19th 1692.
The memorial is a semi-circular wall, with the 19 victims’ names inscribed in the stones. An oak tree is in the centre. It was designed by Martha Lyon, and dedicated on July 19th 2017, the anniversary of the executions of Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Wildes.
01.08.2025 10:25 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
An image of Proctor's Ledge memorial.
☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): The Proctor’s Ledge Memorial in Salem, USA.
Proctor’s Ledge was first identified as a possible site for the 1692 Salem executions in 1921 by Sidney Perley, but this wasn’t confirmed until January 2016 through the work of a team of researchers.
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We will check in with our emails from time to time, so if you notice something we've missed on the map you can still contact us at witchmapproject@gmail.com.
Another thank you to @webstermedieval.bsky.social and @janmachielsen.bsky.social for being great supervisors and helping us so much!
01.08.2025 09:40 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
📢We would like to thank all 100 of you who have supported our project for the past few weeks. Sadly, today is the last day that it will be active, but this isn't the end of us yet! Another blog post will go up in a week's time that we'll let you know about, and our map will remain available.
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Cardiff Supernatural - Cardiff University
Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.
Fantastic to see the blog post from the @witchmapproject.bsky.social team on the Cardiff Supernatural blogspot this morning: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
#medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag @janmachielsen.bsky.social @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social
01.08.2025 08:57 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Hex Marks the Spot: Mapping Witch Trials, Memory, and Meaning (Abigail Heneghan and Gabriel Hyde)
Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.
☀️Good morning everyone!
The first of two posts about the Witch Map Project is up on the Cardiff Supernatural blog. If you're interested in learning a little more about our project, please give it a read!
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
01.08.2025 09:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Katharina Henot
The Witch of Cologne
Sources: vocal.media/history/kath...
historyheroines.com/2018/04/04/k...
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/11/reme....
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
31.07.2025 09:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Her statue, made by descendant Marianne Lüdick in 1988, stands beside Jesuit Friedrich Spee’s, who condemned witch trials in 1631. Henot was officially rehabilitated in 2011.
Katharina also has a street and a school named after her. The 1989 movie ‘Die Hexe von Köln’ details her life. 🎥
31.07.2025 09:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A shot of Cologne's town hall, ornate and adorned with statues of historical figures.
A close-up shot of two statues, one of Friedrich Spree and the other of Katharina Henot, carved into stone.
☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): Katharina Henot Memorial in Cologne, Germany.
Outside Cologne’s town hall stands a statue of Katharina Henot, Germany’s first female postmaster, executed as a witch in 1627. Wealthy and influential, she never confessed under torture but was still put to death.
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An image of the statue in Thomassa Roig Square. It is shaped like a crescent with a woman's face in the centre.
The writing on the sculpture reads “Sculpture in honour of Thomassa Roig. In homage of the victims of gender-based violence in the past, present, and future." The square and sculpture opened in November 2021 as part of World Day of Violence Against Women.
#earlymodern #witchtrials #medievalsky
30.07.2025 10:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A sign marking Thomassa Roig Square, which also says her execution date of 1627.
☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): Thomassa Roig Square in Corbins, Catalonia (Spain).
Thomassa Roig was a resident of Corbins who was executed for witchcraft in 1627. The square includes a sculpture which is dedicated to her and all women subject to violence, which was created by Elisenda Franquet.
30.07.2025 10:26 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Local lore says Grissel had a son, a sailor. When he returned and saw the smoke rising over Dundee from her execution, he turned back and never came home again. ⛵
29.07.2025 09:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Large stone cross embedded into a cobblestone street.
On November 11, 1669, Grissel was found guilty. She was strangled and then burned at the stake. If you follow Peter Street to Seagate, you’ll come to a black “X” laid in cobblestones. That marks the exact place of her execution.
29.07.2025 09:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A large mosaic cone filled with flames on the floor of a cobbled street.
A large mosaic cone filled with water on the floor of a cobbled street.
A circular blue plaque on the wall, reading 'Grissell Jaffray, Spaewife, ? to 1669'.
☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): Grissel Jaffray Memorial in Dundee, Scotland.
At the entrance to Peter Street, tiled cones of water and fire frame a plaque for Grissel Jaffray. A 17th-century spaewife, she was accused of witchcraft; only her accusers’ names and execution method are still recorded.
29.07.2025 09:26 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
📢Interested in taking a look at our map? Follow the link in the quoted post to see a read-only version!
28.07.2025 10:03 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The plaque on the bottom of the statue. It describes Grace Sherwood's trial, where she was subject to trial by water and found guilty of witchcraft.
She is depicted with a raccoon and carrying a basket of rosemary, which represents her love for animals and nursing ability. The statue was created by Robert G. Cunningham in 2007, located by Sentara Bayside Hospital, near where she was imprisoned. There is also a plaque describing her trial.
28.07.2025 09:26 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A picture of the Grace Sherwood Statue. She is depicted holding a basket of rosemary with a raccoon next to her.
☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): The Grace Sherwood Statue in Virginia, USA.
Grace Sherwood was a midwife and the last person to be convicted of witchcraft in Virginia in 1706, although she was never executed. Instead she was imprisoned and lived until age 80.
28.07.2025 09:26 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Strandir
Sources:
www.westfjords.is/en/travel-tr...
galdrasyning.is/galdrasyning...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-m...
25.07.2025 09:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An image of the upper floor exhibit of the museum, which focuses on the history of the witch hunts in Iceland.
The museum, which opened in 2000, is run by Strandagaldur, a non-profit organisation. It aims to share the history and culture of Strandir, a remote coastal region in Iceland where the museum is located.
#earlymodern #witchtrials #medievalsky #witchcraft
25.07.2025 09:41 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
An image of the museum's exterior.
☀️Memorial of the Day (MOTD): The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft in Hólmavík, Iceland.
This museum combines the history of witchcraft practices in Iceland with the history of the witch hunts. In Iceland, over 200 were accused and 21 were executed for witchcraft in the 17th century.
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