Research Paper What are the similarities between witchcraft and witch doctors you might ask? Lets find out. In the first paragraph I will discuss what witchcraft (Satanism) is, then what the Salem witch trials.
“The word witchcraft is used in many different ways. The word witch is derived from Old English wicca (masc., "wizard") and wicce (fem., "witch").” (Ciekawy). Sorcerers were and still thought to have powers unique to Satanism or in other words Witchcraft. Is the total loyalty to Satan or in other words Lucifer the fallen one. “Early in 1692, a circle of young girls began to meet in the home of Samuel Parris, the Puritan pastor of Salem Village. The minister's nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and her eleven-year-old cousin, Abigail, Williams were fascinated by the …show more content…
Guidien was the descendent of a witch doctor. The reason why he probably was hesitant to reveal the plant was because he might have been afraid, to have been accused of witchcraft by his employers. Not knowing that whether the family he served was Christian or not, scared him because he did not know whether or not they would punish him for his practices. Another theory that I have is that he is running away or trying to hide or forget his father ‘s practices as a witch doctor, this is to cover up his father’s past crimes against his tribe and the only reason he and his family did not die was because the tribe could prove that Guidien’s father did those things. Therefore by finding the plant he risked endangering his family by finding the same plant that his father could have used in past grievances against his tribe. Guidien could also be covering up his past crimes that he helped his father carry out, to which the penalty might be death in his tribe or far more excruciating alternatives, such as it was for the accused Witches in the Salem Witch
“The word witchcraft is used in many different ways. The word witch is derived from Old English wicca (masc., "wizard") and wicce (fem., "witch").” (Ciekawy). Sorcerers were and still thought to have powers unique to Satanism or in other words Witchcraft. Is the total loyalty to Satan or in other words Lucifer the fallen one. “Early in 1692, a circle of young girls began to meet in the home of Samuel Parris, the Puritan pastor of Salem Village. The minister's nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and her eleven-year-old cousin, Abigail, Williams were fascinated by the …show more content…
Guidien was the descendent of a witch doctor. The reason why he probably was hesitant to reveal the plant was because he might have been afraid, to have been accused of witchcraft by his employers. Not knowing that whether the family he served was Christian or not, scared him because he did not know whether or not they would punish him for his practices. Another theory that I have is that he is running away or trying to hide or forget his father ‘s practices as a witch doctor, this is to cover up his father’s past crimes against his tribe and the only reason he and his family did not die was because the tribe could prove that Guidien’s father did those things. Therefore by finding the plant he risked endangering his family by finding the same plant that his father could have used in past grievances against his tribe. Guidien could also be covering up his past crimes that he helped his father carry out, to which the penalty might be death in his tribe or far more excruciating alternatives, such as it was for the accused Witches in the Salem Witch