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Witch
A witch is a person who practices witchcraft. The stereotypical witches are commonly portrayed as wicked old women who have wrinkled skin, pimples, and pointy hats. They wear clothes that are black or purple, have warts on their noses and long claw-like fingernails.
In the 20th century, many people say that witches were in fact wise women who were hunted down by the church (mostly for their knowledge of herbs to treat certain diseases).
In the 20th century, many people say that witches were in fact wise women who were hunted down by the church (mostly for their knowledge of herbs to treat certain diseases).
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The witch would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards.
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― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / The Magician's Nephew
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / The Magician's Nephew
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They say a witch used to live in these woods, a long long time ago,” she began. And this is what the little girl would tell her children and what they would tell their children long after the ones who came before were gone. “They say an old witch lived in the east, in Iron Wood. And there, she bore the wolves who chase the sun and moon. They say she went to Asgard and was burned three times upon a pyre and three times she was reborn before she fled. They say she loved a man with scarred lips and
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― The Witch's Heart
― The Witch's Heart
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