Isobel Elliot

Isobel Elliot (c. 1651 - 1678), wani lokacin ana kiranta Isobell Eliot, mace ce da ake zargi da maita daga Peaston, kusa da Ormiston a Gabashin Lothian . An gwada ta a matsayin maƙaryaci a Edinburgh a lokacin 1678, kuma an kashe ta a ranar 20 ga Satumba 1678 a Peaston ta hanyar maƙurewa da ƙonewa a kan gungume.

A lokacin mutuwarta, an yi tunanin Elliot tana da shekaru 27. Ta kasance bawan Helen Laying, wani maƙaryaci da ake zargi, kuma mai matsayi na zamantakewa da tattalin arziki. Ba a san abubuwa da yawa game da dangantakar Elliot ko matsayin aure ba.

 Shari'a da ikirari 
An zargi Elliot da shiga Yarjejeniya da Iblis bayan ta kwanta ko ta yi jima'i da Iblis kuma ta yi watsi da baftismar ta. Bayan an yi mata baftisma an ba ta sabon suna, 'Jean'.  An zarge ta da kashe 'yar da jikan mata biyu na yankin. An yi zargin cewa ta yi hakan ta hanyar tashi a cikin nau'in ƙudan zuma, tana ɗauke da guba a yatsunsu da fuka-fukanta, wanda ya nuna ta a matsayin mai bin ministan East Lothian, Gideon Penman. Elliot ta furta wa ministan Ormiston, John Sinclair, cewa da yawa daren da ita da sauran mayu suna so su shiga cikin gidansa da yadi, amma Iblis ya gaya mata cewa ba za a iya kai masa hari ba.
alt=Image of the village of Peaston, a stone cottage and a sign saying 'peaston'.|thumb|Ƙauyen Peaston, kusa da Ormiston a Gabashin Lothian .
Mambobin manyan mutane da al'umma sun nemi izini don gudanar da shari'ar gida ga Elliot a cikin shekara ta 1678, wanda aka ki. Koyaya, daga ƙarshe an haɓaka shi zuwa gwaji na tsakiya, a Edinburgh. Akwai gwaje-gwaje uku da aka rubuta wa Elliot, wanda ya faru a watan Yuni da Satumba na shekara ta 1678 tare da samun ikirari a ranar 13 ga Satumba. Wataƙila an gwada Elliot tare da wasu maƙaryaci bakwai zuwa tara da ake zargi a ciki da kewayen East Lothian a cikin shekara ta 1678. Sir John Nicolson, John Clerk na Penicuik, John Johnston na Polton, da John Preston (dangantaka da Prestons na Craigmillar Castle) sun kasance kwamishinoni a cikin shari'arta.

 Mutuwa da gado 
Elliot na daga cikin maƙaryaci huɗu da ake zaton, daga cikin goma sha uku da aka yanke musu hukunci, waɗanda aka kai su Peaston don a kashe su. An maƙure ta kuma ta ƙone ta har ta mutu a ranar 20 ga Satumba 1678.

An yi hasashe game da ko Isabel Heriot, wata mace da aka haifa a Ormiston a wannan lokacin kuma an yi amfani da ita a matsayin poltergeist a cikin littafin George Sinclair na Shaidan Invisible World Discovered, mutum ɗaya ne da Elliot.[1] Koyaya, wannan ba zai yiwu ba saboda ba a taɓa yin rikodin Heriot a matsayin mai sihiri ta tsaranta ba, ba kamar Elliot ba.[2]￼

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