Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Berwick Witches

The North Berwick Witches:
Main members: Agnes Sampson, Geillis Duncan, James Fian, Euphenia McCalyan, Barbara Napier, Donald Robson, Miss Sampson, Agnes Thomson and Margaret Thompson.
Time: 1590
Known For: Trying to kill James the King of Scotland and his wife.
Nature: Apparently evil
Power: Strong
Type: Classic/Satanic dupes
Region: North Berwick, Scotland


Image Above:www.shc.ed.ac.uk/.../witches/illustration.html

The story says that in the autmn of 1590, a large coven of about 200 witches (men and woman) came together in an empty church near to North Berwick. Their goal was to conjure a storm and use it to kill the King of Scotland. The leader of the coven Agnes Sampson became the first person to be excecuted in Scotland for Witchcraft, she was burned at the stake. Many of her group followed her.

Image Right: flickr.com/photos/26834399@N04/3689066807/

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