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Bookmark or Share- Are Witches Real? History and Facts on Spells, Covens and MoreThe answer is two-fold. The sort of witches that fly around on broomsticks and are gifted with magical powers can only be found in Harry Potter books and other fictional tales. But that doesn't...
- What Does It Mean to Be a Witch Today? | Smithsonian“Witch” has always been a capacious term. “Never one thing, she was several different beings at once,” historian Lyndal Roper writes in The Witch in the Western Imagination. All at once a...
- Witch (word) - WikipediaWitch, from the Old English wiċċe (the masculine warlock, from wærloga, is of different etymology), is a term rooted in European folklore and superstition for a practitioner of witchcraft, magic or sorcery.
- Witchcraft | Definition, History, Trials, Witch Hunts ...Witchcraft is a term usually applied to harm brought upon others through the use of supernatural or occult powers. The person engaging in witchcraft is called a witch, while the act of causing harm may be termed cursing, hexing, bewitchment, or maleficium.
- Witches: Real Origins, Hunts & Trials - HISTORYIn pop culture, the witch has been portrayed as a benevolent, nose-twitching suburban housewife; an awkward teenager learning to control her powers and a trio of charmed sisters battling the...
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