The Hammer of Witches (as it was known in English) became a bestseller ... A person with warts was at risk of being branded a witch Women with prominent warts or moles were thought to have ...

An illustration of the trial of George Jacobs, who was hanged during the Salem witch trials in 1692 ... Two Canadian women have been charged with pretending to practise witchcraft, breaking ...

Robert Bowes was an English diplomat working in Scotland ... is a typical image of a witch as an older woman. In popular culture, witches are typically shown as old women. It is true that those ...