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 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,...