Sleep and his Half-Brother Death
Oil on canvas painting completed by John William Waterhouse in 1874
The Siren
Painting by John William Waterhouse
Circe
Circe is the title given to two oil on canvas sketches by the English artist John William Waterhouse; he worked on both during the final years of his career from 1911 to 1914.
Margaret Aitken, the great witch of Balwearie
Pivotal figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of 1597.
Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet of Lochnaw
Descendent of an old Scottish family whose main seat was Lochnaw Castle in Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Samuel Linley
Oboist, singer and junior naval officer. A member of the musically talented Linley family fathered by Thomas Linley, Samuel first performed on stage in 1766.
Jane Wenham
Last person to be condemned to death for witchcraft in an English court, when she was found guilty at Hertford in 1712.
Gruel
Any kind of roasted and crushed cereal moistened by being mixed with water or milk.
Osculum infame
Ritual of a witch paying homage to the Devil by kissing his genitals, anus or feet.
Newes from Scotland
1591 pamphlet describing the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, detailing the confessions given by the accused witches before the King.