An E-letter for family and friends of Slippery Rock University
An E-letter for family and friends of Slippery Rock University
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WITCHES AND MORE: (From left) Antonio Cortijo, a researcher in the department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, talks with Slippery Rock University students Chad Baker, a Spanish major from Freeport, and Jenn Nocera, an English major from Slippery Rock, following his lecture Monday. Cortijo provided details and graphics of jury trials, hangings and beliefs about "Witches in the Hispanic World." Cortijo's talk was the final event in this year's Hispanic/Latino Month observance at SRU. Cortijo traced various Hispanic and Latino names given to witches - good and bad, urban and rural - and told how many of the beliefs came to be. Cortijo said in some cases, people believed they had mystical powers and proclaimed themselves as witches. In others, poor crops, sickness or other calamities within a town or village were blamed on certain women who were then labeled "witches." Once labeled, many were hanged or burned at the stake after, or before, conviction in various courts. He said in many regions of Latin and South America, the beliefs continue.
