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As part of my History major I did a subject on Witchcraft in Europe, which involved a lot of primary texts from the early modern period. You certainly get faste
by JacobAldridge 12y ago
As part of my History major I did a subject on Witchcraft in Europe, which involved a lot of primary texts from the early modern period. You certainly get faster the more you read, but I always did a double take when the text discussed the familiars (think black cats) "sucking their mistresses".
To go OT, the "witch's teat" was a superfluous nipple for feeding their satanic familiars, and was even used as evidence to convict some witches.
- TillE 12y agoIt gets even more fun if you go back to the medieval grimoires, like the Munich Manual. Medieval Latin is tricky in both orthography and its linguistic departures from classical Latin.