Black Witches And White Witches In The Elizabethan Era

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There were two types of witches in Elizabethan times: Black witches & White witches. Black witches were seen as devil worshipers who practiced magic in order to inflict harm. White witches, considered to be “Healers” by members of their village, were seen as invaluable members as the community, who used magic to help people in need, mainly by curing diseases. During the Elizabethan era people blamed un-explainable events as the work of witches. When people died from terrible diseases, when animals died, when there was a bad harvest, when houses were burnt down– someone had to be blamed, and witches seemed to be the obvious target. The distinction between White and Black witches was large until the witch hunt hysteria during the Renaissance

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