ну, может быть. кстати, под тем старым постом народ поспорил, кто тонет, а кто нет - праведницы или ведьмы. я почитал на эту тему и оказалось, что было и так и так. "Analysis of the result – which, simply, was either death or survival – varied. In some cases, survival indicated innocence... while sinking confirmed guilt. In later periods, however (such as the infamous witch-hunting centuries) floating could indicate witchcraft." www...critic...co....nz/features/article/3509/from-urine-cake--to-modern-jury-trials-through--th о том же в википедии: The ordeal of cold water has a precedent in the Code of Ur-Nammu and the Code of Hammurabi, under which a man accused of sorcery was to be submerged in a stream and acquitted if he survived.... Ordeal by water was later associated with the witch-hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries, although in this scenario the outcome was reversed from the examples above: an accused who sank was considered innocent, while floating indicated witchcraft. en....wikipedia....org/wiki/Trial_by_ordeal
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Date: 2014-10-14 06:41 am (UTC)кстати, под тем старым постом народ поспорил, кто тонет, а кто нет - праведницы или ведьмы. я почитал на эту тему и оказалось, что было и так и так.
"Analysis of the result – which, simply, was either death or survival – varied. In some cases, survival indicated innocence... while sinking confirmed guilt. In later periods, however (such as the infamous witch-hunting centuries) floating could indicate witchcraft."
www...critic...co....nz/features/article/3509/from-urine-cake--to-modern-jury-trials-through--th
о том же в википедии:
The ordeal of cold water has a precedent in the Code of Ur-Nammu and the Code of Hammurabi, under which a man accused of sorcery was to be submerged in a stream and acquitted if he survived.... Ordeal by water was later associated with the witch-hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries, although in this scenario the outcome was reversed from the examples above: an accused who sank was considered innocent, while floating indicated witchcraft.
en....wikipedia....org/wiki/Trial_by_ordeal