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- Title
Pyewacket: A Familiar Spirit of the Witchfinder General.
- Authors
Coates, Richard
- Abstract
The name of a witch's familiar, "Pyewacket," was reported by the Witchfinder General of England, Matthew Hopkins, at the height of the witch persecution in the middle of the seventeenth century. It has eluded explanation so far. It is suggested that it derives from the name of a village presently in the State of Maine, and that it became known in England through family connections between Hopkins and the Governor of Massachusetts John Winthrop.
- Subjects
MAINE; WITCH hunting; FAMILIARS (Spirits); GEOGRAPHIC names; ABENAKI language; WINTHROP, John, 1588-1649; HOPKINS, Matthew; SEVENTEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 2013, Vol 61, Issue 4, p212
- ISSN
0027-7738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/0027773813Z.00000000058