Witch

Witch is a word for a man or woman who practices magic. It especially refers to women well-versed in herbcraft and healing, some of whom live on their own in the woods, separate from the village. They survive on their own and seek to be close to the nature they shape to bring effect in the world, but they may depend on the village for certain items or in times of scarcity.
Other terms for female witches include: herb woman, wise woman, crone, hag, sorceress, enchantress, macrale/makrâlle, baba. Terms for male witches include: herbman, wiseman, witcher, codger, sorcerer, enchanter, macre/makrâl.
==Details==
Witches are visited by the surrounding populace for remedies and potions, hexes and curses, divination and readings the fates. They are not always able to give as much as people expect of them.
They are known for keeping familiars: animals or spirits which are their magical companions.
Witches are also known to fly by enchanting brooms, since they are a simple household object and their woods magic takes to them well. The lightness and fluffiness of its head gives it an affinity for levitation and flight. Witches are said to use their brooms for other private rituals, but it is certainly only those with the smoothest broom handles.
When traveling into towns, witches tend to wear much the same hats as wizards, as they are more familiar with them and have more in common with their magic.
==Corruption==
Some witches can become involved in dark magic, especially in their isolation from other magi and under the pressure of villagers' demands. The magic can twist them, making all the more frightening to children and adults alike. At times this dark corruption will completely consume them and turn them into a foul tutelary creature oppressing the land, as with the gyre carlin or macrale.
== Sources ==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_(word)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hag
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrale
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hocus_Pocus_(1993_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches_(Discworld)
Category:Magic
Category:Magi