However, at the latest about 80,000 years ago, when Neanderthals began to bury the dead and possessed the consciousness and belief of the soul, human beings had already believed in witchcraft.
Witch hunting: From12nd century to14th century, it reached its peak. At that time, Christianity had been introduced to Europe for some time, and it became the mainstream religion in Europe. In order to consolidate its power, it ended the policy of tolerating paganism and started the policy of exclusion, that is, hunting witches.
Guaixian Inn:19th century to 2 1 century is a stable period. At that time, Asian religions had spread to many countries. Due to the transformation of the real version of witchcraft in the 20 th century, it is rumored that people can use it.
/kloc-in the 4th century, Germany also published a book on dealing with and distinguishing witches-malleus maleficarum. But the accuracy and authenticity of the description are debatable.
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origin
Witchcraft comes from Shun Di tribe. It is said that in Shun Di, it produces salt for people to satisfy their lives. Shun asked one of his sons to be a county magistrate in Wuxian County, hence the name. Wuxian people hold a green snake in their right hand and a red dragon in their left hand, which is located in the wild. Together with witches, they are called the Top Ten Witches, namely the Witch of Hope, the Witch of Peng, the Witch of Gu, the Witch of Zhen, the Witch of Bar mitzvah, the Witch of Arrival, the Witch of Xie and the Witch of Luo.
Wuxian Kingdom is located in the south of Anyi City. It is said that there is a salt pond that receives salt water. Water flows from the thin mountain in the southeast, flows to the northwest, and passes through Wuxian Mountain in the north. Wuxian Mountain is in the south of Anyi County.
The history of Luyan Salt in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province has a long history. The original name of "Lu" in Yuncheng is "Lu", that is, "saline soil" that produces salt, and later it was renamed "Lu" because of homophonic. "Lu", now Yuncheng, is located in the west of Gu 'an Post.
Legend has it that Shun's son became the leader of Wuxian County. Leading wuxian to produce salt. Because the local Wuxian people have mastered the technology of making salt from brine, they cooked the brine and precipitated the salt into crystals, which outsiders think is "transformation".
In addition, in the process of salt making, people in Wuxian held various sacrificial activities, hoping that the south wind would bring them a good climate and be beneficial to the analysis of salt. Their sacrifices have all kinds of performances, accompanied by all kinds of words of wishing and praying. Finally, each process is started until white crystalline salt is produced.
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