Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Norwegian ta gabatar da sakamakon binciken da ya bincika gwaje-gwajen "wizard". Masana sun gano cewa ba a kawo karshen irin wannan shari’a a Norway ba sai a karni na 18, kuma an kashe daruruwan wadanda ake tuhuma. A cewar wata sanarwar jami'a, "farautar mayya" sun yadu a Norway a cikin ƙarni na 16 da 17. A cewar bayanan da aka bayar, kimanin mutane 750 a lokacin ana zarginsu da tsafe-tsafe, kuma kimanin 300 daga cikinsu an yanke musu hukuncin kisa. An kona da yawa daga cikin wadannan marasa galihu a kan gungume. Masu binciken kuma sun lura cewa a cikin "mayu" da aka kashe akwai adadi mai yawa na Saami. Alal misali, cikin mutane 91 da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa a Finnmark, 18 su ne Saami. Abubuwan da aka yi don nazarin masana kimiyya sun zama bayanan kotun da suka tsira na waɗannan lokutan. Nazarin su ya ba da damar bayyana wasu cikakkun bayanai na hanyoyin.
Don haka, ƙungiyar ƙwararrun tarihi Ellen Alm ta kafa daga bayanan kotu cewa an zarge Sámi uku da maita: Finn-Kristin, Ann Aslaxdatter da Henrik Meraker. A karshe dai aka yanke wa na karshe hukuncin kisa. "Tun da yawancin Saami suna da sunaye masu sauti na Yaren mutanen Norway, mai yiwuwa an sami ƙarin fiye da haka," in ji masu binciken.
Masana tarihi sun gano dalilai da yawa da suka sa aka kawo ƙarshen tsanantawar maita a ƙarni na 18. A lokacin gwaji na "mayya" na ƙarni na 16 da 17, yin amfani da azabtarwa don cire ikirari ba bisa ka'ida ba ne, kuma an hana "masu laifi" da aka yanke hukunci daga shaida. Wannan yana nufin cewa "mayya" da aka yanke wa hukunci ba zai iya bayyana sunayen wasu "mayu" ba. “Amma ba sau da yawa a cikin masuta ba, sau da yawa doka ta kan rufe ido,” in ji mawallafin Anne-Sophie Schötner Skaar. – An yi amfani da azabtarwa kuma an tilasta wa “mayu” da aka yanke wa hukunci suna sunayen “masu hannunsu”. An fassara wasiƙar shari'ar da bambanci sosai kuma wannan ya haifar da gwaji na "mayya" da yawa. “Amma a ƙarshen ƙarni na 17, aikin shari’a ya fara canjawa. Wasu alkalai sun tsananta, sun nemi hujjojin da suka dace kuma sun daina jure wa azabtarwa."
A ƙarshen karni na 17, alkalai da yawa sun fara bin wannan doka, wanda ya sa ya yi wuya a kai karar maita a kotu. "Ta yaya za ku iya tabbatar da laifin da ake zargi idan ba a yarda da tilasta wani ya furta ba?" - Wannan ita ce tambayar da masu bincike na zamani suka yi, tare da lura cewa lokacin da aka daina zalunci na maita, wani tsari na sarrafawa da yaki ya bayyana. addinin Saami: masu mishan sun bayyana a wurin. Schötner-Skaar ya ce: “Da alama masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje sun karɓi tsarin shari’a don su ‘shaƙuri’ game da addinin Saami da kuma ayyukansu. Akwai tabbaci mai kyau na wannan a cikin labaran mishan na ƙarni na goma sha takwas.
“Wasu cikin waɗannan labaran na mishan suna da munin karantawa. Mun sami kwatancen Saami ta tsunduma cikin "sihiri na shaidan". Litattafan mishan sun nuna cewa har yanzu wasu suna fassara addinin Saami da maita da kuma aikin shaidan, ko da yake tsarin shari’a ya daina sha’awar bin wannan,” in ji ta.
Firist Johan Randulf, marubucin Neroi Manuscript, ya rubuta cewa “Saami ta Kudu tana da alloli dabam-dabam da yawa, amma dukansu na shaidan ne: ‘Na san cewa shi, tare da dukan sauran [allolin Saami], shaidan ne da kansa. '- wannan shine yadda firist ya kwatanta ɗaya daga cikin gumakan Saami na Kudancin, sannan kuma ya kwatanta yoik, salon waƙar Saami na gargajiya, a matsayin "waƙar Shaiɗan".
Hoto: Takardu daga karni na 18 ya ƙunshi bayanai Margareta Mortendatter Trefault, wanda ake zargi da maita / Digital Archives
