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Good Witch, an investigation of Europe and North America’s infamous witch hunts, is good on historical empathy, but too hard on men in general.
Some critics have bemoaned the flattening of a complex character. But Nolan’s film echoes a literary tradition of reimagining Circe as a survivor, a truth-teller and a figure of female empowerment.
From the middle ages on, threatening the patriarchy by displaying ambition or failing to conform to societal gender norms was taken as evidence of witchcraft.
A writer is driven mad by ghosts and witches in a remote Irish hotel.
In England and its colonies, no one was burnt at the stake during witch-hunts: not at Pendle, not at Salem, and not under the campaigns of the witchfinder general.
Morgan’s powers fall under two key branches of natural philosophy: the science of medicine, and the science of necromancy according to physics.
Popular on social media, the green witchcraft trend reveals how the witch has evolved into an ecofeminist heroine for our times.
As Oz descends into fascism, Elphaba fights to make others see the truth about the Wizard.
Why early Protestants embraced demons and witches but turned their backs on ghosts. Listen to expert Penelope Geng on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Women in early modern Wales typically dressed in long skirts, large woollen shawls, and tall, black hats. Could they have inspired stereotypes of the witch?
While thousands were executed for witchcraft across Europe, Gwen ferch Ellis was one of only five put to death in Wales.
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
Sociologists who measured supernatural beliefs in the US found that higher education and higher income are associated with lower levels.
In early modern Britons consulted diviners to find stolen goods, learn about the next harvest, or scrutinise their marriage fortunes.
Prudence Gibson meets the woman behind the world’s most poisonous garden, and explains why even common plants such as azalea and dumbcane deserve our respect.
When Agatha Harkness was created by Marvel in 1969, the comic code prohibited vampires, ghouls, werewolves and horror content.
McDermid artfully weaves Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth with Scotland’s Queen Gruoch, the real woman who inspired her.
Witch-hunts have not been consigned to the history books. An alarming number of witchcraft-related deaths are still happening each year across nearly every continent.
Set in 1990s suburban Australia, The Exact Dimensions of Hell is a theatrical exploration that unflinchingly examines themes of teenage girls, desire and power.
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