Mora witch trial than decapitated, as they were in Sweden. Mora witch trial The Mora witch trial, which took place in Mora, Sweden, in 1669, is the most internationally famous Swedish witch trial. Reports of the trial spread throughout Europe, and a provocative German illustration of the execution is considered to have had some influence on the Salem witch trials. It was the first mass execution during the great Swedish witch hunt of 1668–1676. After the trial against Märet Jonsdotter in Härjedalen in 1668, rumours began to spread throughout the country that witches abducted children to the Witches' Sabbath of Satan in Blockula.
Pat Mora have books, celebrations and materials for "Dia" to include "all languages spoken in the United States." In 2004, the Library Service to Children's Board of the American Library Association became the "national home" to "Dia". Mora says, "If we want our nation to be a country of readers...[we] need to work together to inspire communities in nurturing reading families." Mora has received Honorary Doctorates in Letters from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo and is an Honorary Member of the American Library Association. She was a recipient of a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship to write in Umbria, Italy. She was