Why Did People Used to Burn Witch Doctors?

Examples

1. A boy in a village got sick, and the villagers blamed the witch doctor who lived nearby.
2. The neighbors of a witch doctor started whispering that she caused bad weather.
3. When the crops failed, the people said it was because the witch doctor stopped the rain.

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See also

• Why Did People Used to Believe in Witchcraft?
• Why Do People Have Superstitions?
• How Did the Magna Carta Shape Modern Democracy?
• How Does a Medieval Castle Hold Up Against Siege?
• How Did the Printing Press Change the Spread of Ideas?

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