Web1 Aug 2024 · In 1691, a peasant in Livonia - on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea - announced before a startled district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being in league with the Devil, “Old Thiess” insisted he was one of the “hounds of God,” fierce guardians who battled sorcerers, witches, and even Satan to protect the fields and flocks. In the Livonia, the indigenous peasantry, in contrast to the Baltic-German burghers and nobility, often continued to conduct pagan worshiping in defiance to both the Christian church, the authorities and nobility, the entire 17th-century. Consequently, they did not believe in Satan and therefore not in witches or Satanic pacts. They did, however, believe in both malevolent magic as well as in the existence of werewolves, though they did not associate them with Satan, as the ch…
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Web7 Apr 2024 · Thiess told the court that they ‘ran about as wolves’ and seized ‘whatever horses and livestock’ fell to them. Then they would gather – as many as twenty or thirty … Web26 Jul 2024 · In 1691, an old Livonian Man, Thiess(short for Matthew), confessed to being a werewolf, he insisted he wasn’t evil. To be sure, he did, on occasion, kill and eat livestock — though not without first cooking it on spits!— but mainly he and his gang fought the witches in hell to rescue the Livonian harvest from evil witchy clutches. matthew fyjis walker
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Web23 Mar 2024 · Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf: A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective Carlo Ginzburg, Bruce Lincoln 3.95 20 ratings7 reviews In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Web23 Mar 2024 · Overview. In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he … Web23 Mar 2024 · In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he insisted, he was one of the “hounds of God,” fierce guardians who battled sorcerers, witches, and even Satan to protect the fields, flocks, and humanity—a baffling claim that attracted the notice … here4you srq