Laws against witchcraft

Through history multiple countries prohibited witchcraft and practices that are perceived to be related including fortune-telling, faith-healing etc., including with the penalty of death. Historical laws Ancient times Code of Hammurabi Second article of the Code of Hammurabi stated: If anyone accuses someone else of sorcery, the accused shall jump into a river, and if they drown the accuser shall take possession of the accused's house and their belongings. Code of Ur-Nammu Article 13 stated: If a man is accused of sorcery [translation disputed], he must undergo ordeal by water; if he is proven innocent, his accuser must pay 3 shekels. Hittite laws Code of the Nesilim had one paragraph...