Results for "violence"
8 entries found.
- Witchcraft accusations today Concept
- Sanguma Concept
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreSanta MuerteNuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte
A female skeletal folk saint in Mexico and the Americas, worshipped for protection, healing, and safe passage.Tradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇬🇭 GhanaWitchcraft in Ghana
Beliefs in harmful magic and the social violence that follows accusations in GhanaBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇮🇳 IndiaWitch-hunts in India
Violent persecution of people accused of witchcraft, mostly women, in rural IndiaBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreEl Silbón
A Venezuelan and Colombian legend of a cursed spirit who carries his father's bones.Figure · Cursing and harm · Seeing and foretelling Legendary
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreAsian witchcraft
A broad overview of magical practices and persecution across Asian culturesTradition · Cursing and harm · Protection Living
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreOrder of Nine Angles
A British Satanic network linked to neo-Nazism and violent extremismTradition · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Living
🇬🇭 GhanaWitch camp
Settlements in Ghana where women accused of witchcraft seek refuge from violence and persecution.Tradition · Protection Historical
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreModern witch-hunts
Contemporary violence against people accused of using magic to cause harmBelief · Cursing and harm Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Witchcraft in Ghana: SALTN, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Witch-hunts in India: Granger, Public domain, source
- Asian witchcraft: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Public domain, source
- El Silbón: María Auxiliadora Ramírez Prato, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Santa Muerte: Not home, Public domain, source
- Witch camp: Hasslaebetch, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Order of Nine Angles: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source