Witch

**Witches** are a species present in the Demon Realm. They are known to reside on the Boiling Isles and Titan Trapper Island. They constitute a significant portion of the Demon Realm's civilization, alongside Demons.

Witches are born with a sac connected to their heart which contains a mucous, magical bile. Due to this, they are able to utilize magic and cast spells using spell circles.

## Background

Witches are humanoid beings; the majority of them are physically identical to humans besides a few morphological differences. Witches have pointed ears, as opposed to the rounded ears of humans. Much like animals, their ears can perk up when they are feeling positive emotions such as excitement and joy, and flatten when they are feeling negative emotions such as embarrassment, fear, or anger. However, other witches have more demon-like appearances or traits, like in the case of Boscha, Adrian, Steve, or Professor Hermonculus. Witch hair colors, along with matching those of humans, can also sometimes be non-human colors, such as green, blue, violet, or pink.

Witches can naturally cast magic; due to the immense amount of magical power at the disposal of a Titan, witches evolved a sac attached to their hearts that contains magic bile, which also applies to biped demons. The sacs function as a source of magic, like batteries to electronic devices but at a biological level for them to draw magical abilities, similar to palismen, and contain different "spell phlegms" that can mix together to make different spells. Due to the bile sacs, witches are able to cast spell circles.

Witches and humans also share an average lifespan range, though some witches can develop means to prolong their life with magic.

## Known witches

* Adrian Graye Vernworth
* Alador Blight
* Amelia
* Amity Blight
* Andreas Whitelock
* Bill
* Bo
* Boscha
* Bria
* Cat
* Daegon
* Darius Deamonne
* Dell Clawthorne
* Derwin
* Eda Clawthorne
* Edric Blight
* Emira Blight
* Ezra
* Flora D'splora
* Gavin
* Gilbert and Harvey Park
* Gus Porter
* Gwendolyn Clawthorne
* Hettie Cutburn
* Jerbo
* Katya
* Keeper of the Looking Glass Graveyard
* Lilith Clawthorne
* Mason
* Matt Tholomule
* Morton
* Odalia Blight
* Perry Porter
* Principal Bump
* Professor Hermonculus
* Raine Whispers
* Skara
* Steve
* Tarak
* Terra Snapdragon
* Viney
* Willow Park
* Xane

## Trivia

* In mythology and folklore, a "witch" refers to a human or individual who practices witchcraft. Although modern popular media associate the witch as exclusively female, the term itself is not confined by gender. This is also true in the series, as confirmed by Dana Terrace, where "witch" is a gender-neutral term, referring to their species.
	+ Among witches, other traditional practitioners of magic include magicians, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards, the latter two, in recent years, are popularly coined as the male equivalents to a witch. In the *Owl House* universe, while wizards exist, this is more of a title witches can call themselves.
	+ According to Dana Terrace, scrapped lines allude to the word "warlock" being the Boiling Isles' equivalent to the term "edgelord".
* As stated in Terrace's AMA and confirmed in "Keeping up A-fear-ances", colored gems are a common type of fashion accessory for witches on the Boiling Isles. Some can serve as a visual indicator of their physical status, including monitoring witches with a curse.
	+ Another example of gems used as a functional magical object are concealment stones, which, in addition to their use as a method of concealing ones appearance, can also be worn as a stylistic accessory.
* Although witches are known for being magic users, Hunter initially claimed to come from a family of witches who lacked any magical power. However, it is later revealed that Hunter is both a grimwalker and a clone of the human Caleb Wittebane, which may explain his lack of magical abilities. Because of these revelations, it is unknown if powerless witches actually exist.
* Some demons in the biped category, like Tinella Nosa, have bile sacs that help them to perform magic in the same fashion that witches do.
* In a livestream follow-up to "Watching and Dreaming", it was confirmed by Dana Terrace that the Clawthorne family is descended by Caleb Wittebane and Evelyn. This suggests that humans and witches are capable of having children together.

## References

1. ↑ Drawing Cartoons to Save Democracy (September 16, 2020). Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dana Terrace's AMA. Reddit (September 2, 2020). “On the Boiling Isles 'witch' is a gender-neutral term. Wizards do exist but it's more of a title you can call yourself if you like. Haha there are some scrapped lines that allude to the term 'warlock' being akin to 'edgelord' in the demon realm.”
3. ↑ Dana Terrace's AMA. Reddit (September 2, 2020). “At first there was no significance, just an in-world fashion choice. It wasn't until we were in production for The Intruder when we decided to use Eda's gem as a visual aid to show when the curse was overtaking her. On the Boiling Isles gems are as common in outfits as necklaces.”
4. ↑ Cissy Jones (April 28, 2023). The "watching and dreaming" PostHoot with the one and only Dana Terrace! (29:05).