Burning for witchcraft — Mythoi

Motif

Burning for witchcraft.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Capital punishment. · view the constellation · filed as Q414.0.10

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXIV LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXII LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXIII LXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Punishment: burning alive.

Filed beside it

Burning as punishment for uxoricide. (Cf. Q211.3.) Burning as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Burning as punishment for incest (incontinence). (Cf. Q242, Q243.) Burning as punishment for ravisher. (Cf. Q244.) Burning as punishment for traitor. (Cf. Q261.) Burning as punishment for impostor. (Cf. Q262.) Innocent queen burned at stake Demons burn heretics at stake. (Cf. Q225.1.) Burning as punishment for betraying the confessional. (Cf. Q224.) Burning for sodomy. (Cf. Q253.) Burning as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Burning as punishment for fratricide. (Cf. Q211.9.) Punishment: boiling in oil (lead, tar) Punishment: imprisonment in white-hot iron house Punishment: burning and scattering ashes Punishment: dancing to death in red-hot shoes

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