Mathie,Marion
Case Reference: C/JO/3085
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3085 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Marion Mathie |
| Case Start Date | 1/2/1633 |
| Case Date | 21/2/1633 |
| Common Name | Mathie,Marion |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
Notes: There seems to have been quite a lot of healing or failed healing but a lot of the accusations seem to have involved neighbourhood disputes. Most of the witnesses were men.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Ritual Objects
- Water
Harm
| Human Illness | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Human Death | ✓ |
| Animal Illness | — |
| Animal Death | — |
| Female Infertility | — |
| Male Impotence | — |
Methods
| Aggravating Disease | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Transferring Disease | ✓ |
| Laying On | ✓ |
| Quarreling | ✓ |
| Cursing | — |
| Poisoning | — |
Healing / Other
| Removal of Bewitchment | — |
|---|---|
| Recognised Healer | ✓ |
| Healing Humans | ✓ |
| Healing Animals | — |
| Midwifery | — |
| Property Damage | — |
| Weather Modification | — |
Disease Notes: Descriptions of healing rituals but most of the accusations involved either failed healing, transfer of sickness or causing illness after dispute.
- Revenge
- Appeasement
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling Presbytery records | CH2/722/5. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1469 | No |