Alive with historical detail, this novel about a witch-hunt in 17th-century Denmark creates a subversive tapestry stitched ...

Hollywood has long shaped our collective perception of the witch: crone-faced, screechy-voiced women placing curses, poisoning people, and stealing children. But the 21st century has seen a shift in ...

Women have been the subservient gender for centuries as a result of theurgical, religious, and patriarchal stereotypes. Fear and paranoia of the misogynistic society during the 15th, 16th, and 17th ...

"Double double toil and trouble" is a quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth that conjures images of evil witches making potions in giant cauldrons. But the truth was that women persecuted as witches were ...

Witches lurk in the shadows of our imaginations, worshiping demons and wreaking havoc on society. Still, the collective imagery of the “evil witch” is a far cry from the truth. Real witches walk among ...

Although the first thing many people today think of when they hear the word “witch” is a shy young man in big round glasses or a green-skinned woman in a black pointy hat, a UB anthropologist says ...

Let’s get one thing straight: strong women don’t scare people because they’re evil—they scare people because they’re powerful. And history has a funny way of turning powerful women into villains, ...

“Star Wars” spirituality revolves around dichotomies – good and evil, light and the Dark Side, the Jedi and the Sith. Some characters exist on the spectrum, but we mainly learn about the ones who ...

There have been many examples of pointed hats in history, but it remains unclear how any of them became a must-wear for the witches ...