Cinema and literature have tirelessly addressed this issue, but the stories told often refer to cases occurring in Europe or the United States. Few people know, but people accused of practicing witchcraft were also taken to the fire here in Brazil. The cases are not numerous, however, the Church also has its victims in brazilian lands. Contrary to what many believe, the Catholic Church was not the only one to create institutions that were involved in the suppression of what was considered heresy. In some Protestant countries, such as Germany, this practice also existed. As in Brazil was the Catholic Church who wielded power, cases of witchcraft accusation were made by her. If we compare with the mold of what was considered witchcraft in Europe, in fact there were no witches in Brazil, according to the Church. There women were hunted and taken to the fire by involvement with Satanism, sacrifices or simple heretical thought, as here the charges were based on practices that were based on a mix of popular wisdom, use of natural resources for the treatment and cure diseases, worship of foreign entities to the Church or the simple fact that if you disagree with it. In Brazil the Holy Office of the Court has never been established, even though they were three visitations of the Holy Office to the Brazilian lands. The "Visitors", which were sent by the Court in order to ascertain any kind of accusation, were only the prosperous captaincies at the time: Grand Pará, Pernambuco and Bahia. As at the time São Paulo was nothing but a poor cluster of a few dozen streets and alleys around the Tamanduateí river, the witch hunt was in charge of the local clergy. Yet some women accused of witchcraft met death at the stake of the "São Paulo Inquisition."