Perhaps no other figure in Western folklore and superstition has garnered as much fear and paranoia as the witch. Witches have appeared in folklore for thousands of years, from Circe and Medea, to Baba Yaga and those from Grimms fairy tales. Yet as time would go on, and religious and social tensions rose in Europe, and later in America, fear of the Witch led to the persecution of many innocent lives. So how did such a revered figure turn into such a feared being? And how did they become the spooky icon that they are today?

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“Of Witches, Women, and Halloween.” Norfolk State University, www.nsu.edu/News/2019/October/OfWitches,WomenandHalloween. Accessed 27 Sept. 2023.
Grossman, Pam. Waking the Witch. Gallery Books, 2020. Acc.30 Sept. 2023.
“Witches of the Past and Present .” History Channel Magazine, 2022.
Ospino, Luis. “Circe, the First Witch of Greek Mythology.” GreekReporter.Com, 2 Jan. 2023,
“Why Do Witches Ride Brooms? The History behind the Legend.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/news/whywitchesflyonbrooms. Accessed 11 Oct. 2023.
Wigington, Patti. “8 Wild Witches from Myths and Legends.” Learn Religions, Learn Religions, 20 Jan. 2019, www.learnreligions.com/witchesinmythologyandlegend4126677.
“Visions of Witchcraft from the Cornell Collections.” The World Bewitch’d, rmc.library.cornell.edu/witchcraft/exhibition/what/index.html. Accessed 11 Oct. 2023.
“Malleus Maleficarum.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Sept. 2023, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum.
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