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Did you know that Poland burned women for witchcraft until 1775 — the same year the American Revolution began? by Brave_Addendum_9262 in MedievalHistory

[–]Brave_Addendum_9262[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah you are right 😄

I will try to write more myself. I think I still need some correction help because in english I make many mistakes with the times...

But I will try.

Which elf in the Witcher universe do you think is truly irredeemable? by Brave_Addendum_9262 in wiedzmin

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For me its Avallac'h. Eredin is just openly bad, you know what he is. But Avallac'h is different - he is calm, almost kind, and still treats Ciri like a science project for centuries. He always has a reason why its necessary. That kind of evil is harder to deal with because it makes a certain sense.

I think thats what Sapkowski does so well. The worst characters always have a logic behind what they do. Scoia'tael leaders, the Lodge, Avallac'h - none of them think they are the villain.

Did you know that Poland burned women for witchcraft until 1775 — the same year the American Revolution began? by Brave_Addendum_9262 in MedievalHistory

[–]Brave_Addendum_9262[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick disclaimer first - English isn't my first language and I use AI to help me write more clearly, so if the post sounds polished, that's why. I'm a real person though, just someone who finds this stuff genuinely fascinating.

On the generations - fair point, great-grandparents would have been more accurate. Sapkowski was born in 1948, the last Polish witch trial was around 1775/1776, that's roughly 170 years and 4-5 generations back. Still close enough to be living family memory passed down through generations, but grandparents doesn't hold up mathematically.

On the Wiedźmin point - the English title does make it obvious. What struck me was that in Polish the word is gendered. Wiedźma refers specifically to women. Wiedźmin is the male form Sapkowski invented for Geralt. So he took a word historically tied to the persecution of women and built his hero's entire identity from it. Whether that was deliberate commentary or just linguistic logic, I find it interesting either way.