Images of witches have appeared in various forms throughout history—from evil, wart-nosed women gathered over a cauldron to green-faced, cackling women riding through the sky on brooms wearing pointy hats and melting when water is thrown on them. In pop culture, the witch has been portrayed as everything from a nose-twitching suburban housewife, to a teenage witch learning to control her powers and a trio of charmed sisters battling the forces of evil. The real history of witches, however, is dark and, often for the witches, or those accused of being witches, deadly.

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A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, & Pagans Paperback – March 26, 2007
by Jeffrey B. Russell (Author), Brooks Alexander (Author)

https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738715889

https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/witchcraft-too-mainstream

Witches and Witchcraft; book By Dean Miller

The Practice of Witchcraft Today: An Introduction to Beliefs and Rituals
By Robin Skelton

Case Study: The European Witch Hunts, c. 1450-1750 and Witch Hunts Today. Gendercide Watch.

https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-324

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