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Christina Johansdotter, the Glossary

Christina Johansdotter (died 1740) was a Swedish murderer who killed a child in Stockholm with the sole purpose of being executed.^[1]

Axe

An axe (sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.

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Decapitation

Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body.

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Gustav III

Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792.

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Heaven

Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside.

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Hell

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.

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Infanticide

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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