witches
Cauldron-stirring magic practitioners
Witches is the plural of witch—people, traditionally women, believed to practice magic or sorcery.
In folklore and history, witches were feared as servants of evil; witch hunts and trials led to executions.
Modern usage includes practitioners of Wicca and other pagan traditions.
Figuratively, witch describes a malicious woman: The old witch next door complained about everything.
Cleaning tool's handle
- cauldronLarge metal cooking pot
- familiarKnown from experience
- black catDark-coated feline
- covenAssembly of witches
hex · curse · enchantment · grimoire · spellbook · potion · incantation · spell
Frightening elderly witch
- wartsRaised skin growths
- pointy hatHeadwear tapering to peak
- green skinEmerald-colored outer layer
- cackleHarsh, shrill laugh
hooked nose · broomstick · cauldron · black cat · evil · ugly · old woman · crooked
Performing magical incantations
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
necromancy · divination · potion · charm · sorcery · incantation · summoning · transformation
City or name
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- burningCombustion in progress
- stakeSharpened post or share
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
Malleus Maleficarum · heresy · torture · scapegoat · accusation · testimony · dunking · hysteria
Sacred ritual table
- pentagramFive-pointed mystical star
- covenAssembly of witches
- circleCurved closed shape
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
chalice · candles · banishing · summoning · scrying · moon phases · chanting · offerings
Gaining authority or confidence
- sisterhoodBond among women
- reclaimingTaking possession again
- goddessFemale sacred being
- feminine powerForce derived from womanhood
resistance · subversion · outsider · wise woman · healer · midwife · herbalist · independence
Modern pagan witchcraft religion
- paganismNon-monotheistic religious practice
- goddess worshipReverence for female deities
- druidsCeltic spiritual leaders
- earth-basedOf or from land
solstice · equinox · Samhain · Beltane · eclectic · hereditary · traditional · craft
broomstick
Cleaning tool's handle
coven · hex · curse · enchantment · grimoire · spellbook · potion · incantation · spell · sabbath
hag
Frightening elderly witch
- wartsRaised skin growths
- pointy hatHeadwear tapering to peak
- green skinEmerald-colored outer layer
cackle · hooked nose · broomstick · cauldron · black cat · evil · ugly · old woman · crooked · sinister
spellcasting
Performing magical incantations
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
conjuring · necromancy · divination · potion · charm · sorcery · incantation · summoning · transformation · illusion
Salem
City or name
Inquisition · Malleus Maleficarum · heresy · torture · scapegoat · accusation · testimony · dunking · hysteria · puritanical
altar
Sacred ritual table
invocation · chalice · candles · banishing · summoning · scrying · moon phases · chanting · offerings · sacred space
empowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
- sisterhoodBond among women
- reclaimingTaking possession again
- goddessFemale sacred being
feminine power · resistance · subversion · outsider · wise woman · healer · midwife · herbalist · independence · defiance
Wicca
Modern pagan witchcraft religion
- paganismNon-monotheistic religious practice
- goddess worshipReverence for female deities
- druidsCeltic spiritual leaders
earth-based · solstice · equinox · Samhain · Beltane · eclectic · hereditary · traditional · craft · practitioner
- fantasy/medievalknights, dragons, castles, swords, quests
- Seasonal Motifsautumn, fall, spring flowers, springtime, summer
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- Magic & Fantasyenchantment, sorcery, alchemy, grimoires, necromancy
- Medieval Fantasyknights, dragons, King Arthur, Merlin, quests
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, spirits, vampire, demon
witcheswarlocks
Male practitioners of witchcraft
wizards · sorcerers · magicians · witch doctors · necromancers
witchesmortals
Beings destined to expire
muggles · mundanes · ordinary people · humans · ordinary folk
- witch huntPersecuting supposed wrongdoers
- witch trialsLegal proceedings against alleged sorcerers
- witch hatConical costume headpiece
- witch's hatConical costume headpiece
- witch's brewMagical bubbling concoction
- witch hazelAstringent plant extract
witch, witchcraft, bewitch, bewitched, witching, bewitching, witchy, witchery, bewitchment