#bruixes

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Bruixes, de Seb McKinnon. [lloc]

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A door with the traditional protection against witches. Until the mid 20th century, in many rural parts of Catalonia (most importantly in the Pyrenees) there were still many rituals to protect from the evil deeds of witches and warlocks. One of the most common protections was to hang a thistle flower and crosses made of the blessed palms from Palm Sunday, as seen in the image above.

The concept of witches was introduced to Catalonia in the 15th century, and in the 17th century the last witch trials ended and most of the territory went back to not believing in witches: but the Pyrinee area was an exception. Rumours about what families are witches have remained over all these centuries and in some cases still persist nowadays.

Photo by Pep Parer ©

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Nau Bostik. Barcelona. Catalunya. 01/11/2017. Foto de Pepín.

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Beltane by Helena Aguilar Mayans Via Flickr: Etsy Blog Facebook

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This is the only drawing we have of a Catalan witch. It was drawn in the year 1616 by the (probably bored) notary of the case on the back of the paper where her trial was written down. Next to the woman, it says “per bruxa y metsinera”: “for witch and poisoner”.

Contrary to many other European countries, witches were never to be drawn or talked about in Catalonia because the authorities didn’t want to spread panic and rumours. The role of the Inquisition was key in this fact: it was the Inquisition that tried to stop the people from accusing women of being witches, since most inquisitors did not believe witches were real and thought that believing in their existance was heretic. In fact, the Inquisition didn’t persecute witches, but they did persecute witch hunters, to the point that most of the main witch hunters that had sentenced to death more women for the crime of witchcraft were later sentenced to death themselves by the Inquisition.

The woman who was codemned to death for being a witch, in this case, was Francina Redorta, a widow from the village of Menàrguens.

[Source: Museu Nacional d’Història de Catalunya © photo by Francesc Bedmar]

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Aplec de bruixes i dimonis la Nit de Sant Joan.

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Trobada de bruixes amb dimonis la Nit de Sant Joan.