1Introduction
9Myth 8: Witch Trials Took Place Everywhere in Europe
2Myth 1: The Witch Hunts Took Place in the Middle Ages by Uneducated People
10Myth 9: The Inquisition Judged and Executed Most Witches
3Myth 2: All Witches Were Burned Alive at the Stake
11Myth 10: Only Women Were Accused of Witchcraft
4Myth 3: Witches Were Young, Beautiful Women with Red Hair
12Myth 11: Witches Were Adherents to an Ancient Pagan Fertility Cult
5Myth 4: Witches Were Intelligent Healers or Midwives
13Myth 12: The Water Ordeal (Floating = Witch) Was a Standard Innocence Test
6Myth 5: All Those Accused of Witchcraft Were Condemned to Death
14Myth 13: Millions of People Died in the Witch Hunts
7Myth 6: Men Were Accused of Witchcraft as Often as Women
15Myth 14: Midwives Were the Main Targets of the Hunts
8Myth 7: Witchcraft is a purely medieval invention
16Myth 15: Witches Flew on Broomsticks Coated with Ointments for Sexual Pleasures
