Child Mummies

Rosalia Lombardo

I know this is a bit weird, but weird is what I post, this is what I do after all, as the webmaster of  World Wide Weird (Beliefs).

This child mummy is only 77 years old. Her body rests in the Catacombs, Palermo Italy.

Born 1918
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died 6 December 1920 (aged 2)
Other names Sleeping Beauty of the Capuchin Catacombs
Known for Being so well-preserved that it looks like she is sleeping in her tomb that is located in the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo

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Article links: National Geographic  &  Spiegel (Language – German)

Below are more child mummies from around the world.

Egyptian Child Mummy

This is a child mummy from Egypt (Late Period). She probably died about 300BC.

Child Mummy Sacrifice

This actual child mummy (a little girl) was an Inca sacrifice. She was found at the top of a volcano in Northwest Argentina.

Egyptian Child Mummy

This is the decorated coffin of a child-mummy from Egypt (Roman Period). It dates to about 125 AD.

Salta Child Mummy

A child mummy from Salta Argentina. This was another sacrificial victim (Inca). He dates to around 1500 AD.

The Devil’s Mark

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During the era of the witch hunts, the body of a suspected witch would often be searched for a suspicious-looking mole, wart, scar, or skin
blemish called a Devil’s Mark. Many Christians believed that such a mark was placed on a witch’s body by Satan after she pledged herself to him. If the examiners of a suspected witch found a possible devil’s mark on her, this was regarded as strong evidence of her guilt. Usually the next step was to torture her until she confessed, and then tie her to a wooden stake
and burn her to death.
There were various theories about how the Devil created his mark.
Some people believed that it appeared when he licked a woman’s skin with his tongue. Others said that he raked his claw across her flesh, or burned it with a hot iron, or created a special kind of tattoo. These differing theories suggest that the marks didn’t have a consistent appearance, but could take various shapes, forms, and colors. As a result, the examiners usually relied on their own judgment when trying to identify possible marks. To insure that the search was thorough, the suspect would be stripped naked, and all the hair would be shaved from her body. One way to test a possible mark was to stick a needle into it. A true devil’s mark was thought to be insensitive to pain, so if a suspect didn’t feel the penetration of the needle, this would prove that she was a witch. But even if the insertion of the needle caused her to scream in agony, the examiners could accuse her of faking the pain and condemn her anyway. Thus no matter what she did during the test, she couldn’t prove her innocence.

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