True crime · 1633
The wolf couple and the bear woman of Pärnu
Pärnu hundipaar ja karunaine
Witch trials in Swedish-ruled Livonia often turned on stories of people changing into animals. In 1633 a woman known as Gret of Pärnu gave testimony that named Kanti Hans and his wife as werewolves who had taken the shape of wolves, and a third, unnamed woman as one who had turned herself into a bear. Courts of the time could treat such a transformation as real magic and therefore as witchcraft, a crime that carried the death penalty. How the case ended is not recorded.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Rootsi võimu all olnud Liivimaa nõiaprotsessides oli sageli juttu inimestest, kes loomadeks moonduvad. 1633. aastal andis Pärnu Greti nime all tuntud naine tunnistusi, milles nimetas Kanti Hansu ja tema naist libahuntideks, kes olid hundi kuju võtnud, ning kolmandat, nimeta naist karuks moondujaks. Tolle aja kohtud võisid pidada sellist moondumist tõeliseks nõiduseks ehk kuriteoks, mille eest ähvardas surmanuhtlus. Kuidas asi lõppes, pole teada.
Source: English Wikipedia: Werewolf witch trials (after Maia Madar's study of Estonian witch trials) ↗