by Dave | Jan 19, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Baba Yaga: Witch’s Witch The folkloric hag’s hag, Baba Yaga of Slavic fame, is the consummate witch-crone. She’s likely frightened generations of Russian children over the centuries. She’s most known for her infamous hut, which has great bird...
by Dave | Jan 18, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Galadriel: Lady of Light While we’re on the top of witchy women with one-word names, the Lady Galadriel comes definitely to mind. Some might quibble about her, that she’s an Elven sorceress, not a witch, but a powerful, magical woman is always going to be...
by Dave | Jan 18, 2016 | Sidenotes |
I was happy to see astronomers giving David Bowie his own bolt-shaped constellation. Nicely done! According to the story, the constellation consists of seven stars that shine in the shape of his signature lightning bolt. The constellation sits in the vicinity of Mars,...
by Dave | Jan 17, 2016 | Music Reviews |
Requiem for an Icon Along with most of the world, I was stunned and saddened by David Bowie’s death. It’s the kind of thing where you know that even an otherworldly performer and immortal pop culture icon like David Bowie is not going to be around forever....
by Dave | Jan 17, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Melisandre: Burning for You From George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, popularized on HBO’s GAME OF THRONES, comes Melisandre (Carice van Houten), aka, The Red Woman. Ostensibly a Red Priestess, seems to me to be far more of a fire witch...
by Dave | Jan 16, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Nancy Downs: One Crafty Witch Nancy Downs (Fairuza Balk) from THE CRAFT (1996) is another villainous witch, played to the hilt by Ms. Balk. Nancy Downs succumbs to the temptation of black magic and her insatiable lust for power. Nancy Downs causes herself and those...
by Dave | Jan 15, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
The Evil Queen: An Apple a Day… The Evil Queen Grimhilde from Disney’s 1937 SNOW WHITE is a fabulous sorceress villain. She’s really more of an evil enchantress than a de facto witch per se, but given her willful adoption of a hag disguise and magic...
by Dave | Jan 14, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Macbeth’s Three Witches: Three of a Kind While we’re talking about iconic witches, the Three Witches (aka, the Weird Sisters) from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth must definitely get a mention, having one of the most memorable of lines (see below,...
by Dave | Jan 13, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Morgan le Fay: Witch’s Witch Few legendary witches carry as much cachet as the ruthlessly ambitious Morgan le Fay, and few have so captivated people’s perceptions of witches, sorceresses and enchantresses as Morgan (aka, Morgan le Faye, Morgen, Morgaine,...
by Dave | Jan 12, 2016 | Editorial Spotlight |
We were having so much fun getting Wax & Wane: A Gathering of Witch Tales together that we decided to make some enchanting Witch tees that matched the font we used with the anthology. Bewitching Tees Stop by our Zazzle store for the Wax & Wane collection,...
by Dave | Jan 12, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Marie Laveau: Mississippi Queen Although she’s more officially a Voodoo Priestess, we think we can count among working witches Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. She lives as both someone from history and as a character who was most recently featured...
by Dave | Jan 11, 2016 | Wicked Witches |
Amora the Enchantress: Blonde Ambition With Marvel Studios dominating movies over the past several years, it seems like it’s only fitting to give a shout-out to one of the more prominent witch villains of the Marvel Universe (and perennial adversary of the...
