Witches often share their power with an animal counterpart. Films, television and books have created characters portrayed as good witches, and modern pagan religions identify certain people as witches ...

Two Books Explore the Lives of Witches In Allyson Shaw’s “Ashes and Stones” and Diana Helmuth’s “The Witching Year,” authors confront ancient stereotypes through modern eyes. Share ...

For years, feminist scholars have argued that witch hunts were inspired by a reactionary, misogynistic church. But new scholarship, like Lyndal Roper's "Witch Craze," reveals that the real ...

In 1692, the good people of Salem, Mass., went searching for evil. They could have just looked in the mirror. Witches and devils dancing in a circle, woodcut, 1720. (Wellcome Collection) Driven by … ...

Piers comes from a long line of poison eaters--Bane Witches--women who ingest deadly plants and use their magic to rid the world of evil men. ... news, and USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list.

Ursula is not shown in a sympathetic light in the movie. She's stated to be an evil witch who uses black magic to trick people and ruin their lives, trapping them as polyps in her twisted 'garden.' ...

As announced by Macmillan Publishers, the official release date for The Crimson Moth: Book Two, Rebel Witch, is February 18, ...

A report in academic journal The North Star reveals that during the 1620s and even before, throughout the Americas and Europe, Black witches were depicted as dark, evil beings, with strong ties to ...