Mima Renard

Sex worker, was accused by popular belief to bewitch men; burned to death, Portuguese Brazil 1692

Mima immigrated from France to the Portuguese colony of Brazil with her spouse, René Renard, and settled in São Paulo

She was described as beautiful, and attracted the attention of men.

Eventually, her spouse was murdered by one of the men who was in love with her and, destitute, she was forced to turn to sex work to support herself

Women in the city accused her of enchanting her clients with magic. When two of her married clients came in to a fight, during which one of them murdered the other, the wives of her clients reported Mima to the parish priest for having enchanted men by the use of witchcraft

She was judged guilty as charged and executed in public by being burnt alive

One of a series working with AI to give face to women executed as witches; these form part of a broader collection of Horror Portraits at www.horrorportraits.xyz

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