Andrew Man (sometimes spelt Andro Man) was a
cunning man and
healer
Healer may refer to:
Conventional medicine
*Doctor of Medicine
*Health professional
Alternative medicine
* Faith healer
* Folk healer
* Healer (alternative medicine), someone who purports to aid recovery from ill health
* Spiritual healer
F ...
in
Aberdeen who was tried as a
witch in 1597 and burnt in 1598. He said that his powers came from the
Queen of Elphame
Queen of Elphame or "Elf-hame" (-''hame'' stem only occurs in conjectural reconstructed orthography), in the folklore belief of Lowland Scotland and Northern England, designates the elfin queen of Faerie, mentioned in Scottish witch trials. In b ...
– a
fairy queen with whom he had regularly consorted.
References
1598 deaths
16th-century Scottish medical doctors
People executed by Scotland by burning
People executed for witchcraft
People from Aberdeen
Witch trials in Scotland
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