![]() ![]() Yet of one thing she is absolutely She has become an object of scorn and a burden to her son’s wife. None in the village know this, and Güde herself worries that perhaps her mind has begun to wander-certainly she has outlived all but one of her peers in Tierkinddorf. ![]() Güde Müller, an elderly woman, has stark and frightening visions-recently she has seen things that defy explanation. Neighbors wonder aloud who has cursed them and how quickly can she be found? They begin sharing secrets with the friar. The friar promises he will identify the guilty woman who has brought God’s anger upon the town she will be burned, and bounty will be restored. The friar has a book called the Malleus Maleficarum-“The Witch’s Hammer”-a guide to gaining confessions of witchcraft. The friar’s arrival is a miracle, and when he claims he can restore the town to prosperity, the men and women gathered to hear him rejoice. The village has been suffering a famine, and the villagers are desperately hungry. The year is 1507, and a friar has arrived in Tierkinddorf, a remote German village nestled deeply in the woods. ![]()
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