Witches' mark

The physical mark is an alleged sign that the devil after the completion of an alliance (Devil's Pact) as a stamp pressed alleged witches or warlocks, as it on the skin.

The Witches faithful of the early modern period believed to recognize it in a particularly striking birthmarks or skin irregularities like. Since almost every person on his body has somewhere in such a place, one could find in the witch trials in targeted search in almost all defendants such a "proof".

To make sure that it was a physical mark on the found Hautunregelmäßigkeit, the needle sample was carried out in the rule. Here, the idea came to fruition that witches times are painful insensitive locations.

• Occultism
• Persecution of witches