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When the Inquisition was established in 1231, the Dominicans were in charge of its organization and the execution of heretics. They created schools of theology at the Universities of Paris, Bologne, Oxford and Cologne to train monks. Especially in the mountainous regions, many people still believed in ancient goddess religions, guided by their priestesses. The Inquisition and the Dominicans concentrated on the Alps of northern Italy. To destroy the followers of the old goddess religions, the use of torture had been officially authorized by Pope Innocent IV in 1252. The monks were to extract admissions of heresy, sorcery and witchcraft from the people. The witch hunt in the Alps and southern Germany killed more people than in any other region.
Pope Gregory IX instituted the papal Inquisition in 1231 for the apprehension and trial of heretics. In 1478 Pope Sixtus IV authorized the Spanish Inquisition to combat apostate former Jews and Muslins, and the heretic Alumbrados. This inquisition was so severe that Sixtus IV tried to interfere but the Spanish crown forced the pope to give up his efforts. In 1483 he authorized a grand-inquisitor for Castile, a few months later one for Aragon, Valencia and Catalonia.
Meigas - Galician witches
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Meigas are the famed witches of Galica, though the term is also used in León and Asturias. The word meiga derives from the Latin magicus. Meigas can be good or evil, ugly or stunningly beautiful. Most dangerous among the northern witches are the meigas-chuchonas, the much feared Galician sucker-hags.
The popular Galician expression, Eu non creo nas meigas, pero habelas hainas; (also used in Spanish Yo no creo en las brujas, pero haberlas, haylas; - I don’t believe in witches, but they exist), is said to encapsulate the balance in the Galician character between practicality, incredulity and mysticism.
In the rest of Spain, witches are known as brujas (bruixes en Catalan). Witchcraft is brujería.
I have no truth to decide in this case . The truth is the truth
Ahuaeynjxs a dit:Sorry I read I reread your post and I can't seem to make sense of most of it.
we I mean the other people who were discussing interesting things about witches.
You started the thread... I'm just expressing that I felt trapped ; it felt as if you started it just to see what crazy things I would say then to say the exact opposite.
That how it felt... if I'm wrong then it's ok too...
GOD a dit:Have you an inferiority complex ?