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Witchmarks. Unusual moles, birthmarks, or warts were thought to be the markings of a witch; a place where a witch’s familiar of the devil himslef would suckle to gain strength.
Therefore, anyone found with unusual scaring, birthmarks or even tattoos were equally suspect and condemned. ... Pleadings that these protuberances were natural availed the witch of little,
Currently witch’s marks are described as unusual birthmarks. The Witch Sybil Leek believed in them and said that she and other members of her family had them.
A witches' mark, also known as a Devil's mark or a witches' teat, was a supposed mark on the body indicating (to those participating in witchhunts) that an individual was a witch.
This may have been because red-haired people are usually freckled, and freckles were often identified as "witch marks," as were moles, warts, birthmarks, pimples, pockmarks, cysts, liver spots,
English witch trials differed from the continental trials at this time as they concentrated more on familiars and bewitchment rather than pact, orgy and homage to the devil.
Much later he revised some of his views after obvious cases of fraud in witch trials, but the damage had already been done. In 1612 a trial took place in Lancashire.
Quite common and completely harmless: TheSite.org looks at birthmarks. ... Anna has been a witch for the last six years and explains what witchcraft really is.
A witch was defined by the Church as a person, usually a woman, who of her own free will rejected God and made a pact with the devil.
These teats were called ‘witch marks’ or ‘devil marks’ and were used as evidence to convict suspected witches. Other marks of the devil were allegedly hidden under moles, scars or birthmarks.
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