The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in AnthropologyMurray, Margaret Alice
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The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Murray, Margaret Alice
Ethnology; Witchcraft -- Great Britain
'thriescoir yeris sensyne or thairby, the Devill, thy maister, come to
thy motheris hous, in the liknes and scheap of a woman, quhom thow
callis the Quene of Elphen, and was delyverit of a barne, as apperit
to the their, thow confessis that be the space of threttie two yeris
sensyn or thairby, thow begud to have carnall deall with that
devilische spreit, the Quene of Elphen, on quhom thow begat dyveris
bairnis, quhom thow hes sene sensyn.... Thow confessis that the
Devill, thy maister, quhom thow termes Christsonday, and supponis to
be ane engell, and Goddis godsone, albeit he hes a thraw by God, and
swyis [sways] to the Quene of Elphen, is rasit be the speaking of the
word _Benedicite_.... Siclyk, thow affermis that the Quene of Elphen
hes a grip of all the craft, bot Christsonday is the gudeman, and hes
all power vnder God.... Vpon the Ruidday in harvest, in this present
yeir, quhilk fell on a Wedinsday, thow confessis and affermis, thow
saw Christsonday cum out of the snaw in liknes of a staig, and that
the Quene of Elphen was their, and vtheris with hir, rydand on quhyt
haikneyes, and that thay com to the Binhill and the Binlocht, quhair
thay vse commonlie to convene, and that thay quha convenis with thame
kissis Christsonday and the Quene of Elphenis airss. Thow affermis
that the quene is verray plesand, and wilbe auld and young quhen scho
pleissis; scho mackis any kyng quhom scho pleisis, and lyis with any
scho lykis'.[121]
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