witch theme
There is a female-looking being (possibly but not necessarily a normal human woman) who is described as a "witch", or who uses magic of the kind that is traditionally described as "witchcraft".
Notes
It should be clear that she uses magic, and is not merely some old woman with a knowledge of herbs (cf. "old woman as a witch stereotype").
Examples
The elderly aunt Ada used black magic in an effort to transfer her soul into the body of her niece in the "Night Gallery: Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay" (1971).
21 total · 12 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x15 | major | There was a witch on the real sign in front of the house that Phyllis and Ben bought. The real estate agent Amelia may have been into witchcraft. The Salem witch trials were mentioned. |
| apuleius180tgab2 | major | Byrrhena described Pamphile as a wicked witch. Thelyphron's story contained wicked witches trying to rob a corpse of its appendages. |
| ftt1982e2x01 | major | A witch, arguably wicked, abducted baby Rapunzel and kept her shut up in a tower. |
| ftt1982e2x06 | major | The antagonist of the story was a stereotypical witch, warts and all. |
| gdtcoc2022e06 | major | A central novelty and antagonist, referred to in the title, in the story is the witch Keziah Mason who wanted to return from the dead by sacrificing Walter. |
| movie: Stardust (2007) | major | There were three stereotypically wicked witches, as was Ditchwater Sal. |
| movie: Supergirl (1984) | major | Selena was patterned after the classical wicked witch stereotyoe. |
| movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999) | major | if the antagonist was indeed the Blair Witch, she was likely supernatural |
| movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939) | major | Oz was inhabited by four witches, one for each cardinal direction. The primary antagonist of the story is the Wicked Witch of the West. |
| nightgallery2x03a | major | Aunt Ada was a wicked old witch. |