Malleus Maleficarum
Interesting...very interesting. So that's where the demons in Supernatural come from. I find the Ruby thing still weird-there has to be a reason for her.
On the title of the episode:
Malleus Maleficarum-Latin for "The Hammer of Witches" or "Hexenhammer."
From the Wikipedia entry:
"The main purpose of the Malleus was to systematically refute all arguments against the reality of witchcraft, refute those who expressed even the slightest skepticism about its reality, to prove that witches were more often women than men, and to educate magistrates on the procedures that could find them out and convict them."
Otherwise known as a book full of misogynistic crap, but an appropriate title for the episode I think.
On the title of the episode:
Malleus Maleficarum-Latin for "The Hammer of Witches" or "Hexenhammer."
From the Wikipedia entry:
"The main purpose of the Malleus was to systematically refute all arguments against the reality of witchcraft, refute those who expressed even the slightest skepticism about its reality, to prove that witches were more often women than men, and to educate magistrates on the procedures that could find them out and convict them."
Otherwise known as a book full of misogynistic crap, but an appropriate title for the episode I think.