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Witch (etymology)
The word witch derives from the Old English nouns wicca "sorcerer, wizard" and wicce "sorceress, witch". The word's further origins in Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European are unclear.-Germanic etymology:...

is a practitioner of witchcraft
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...

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Witch or variations thereof may also refer to:

Music

  • Witch (band)
    Witch (band)
    Witch is an American stoner metal band whose members are from Vermont and Massachusetts.-History:Witch was formed in 2005 by Dinosaur Jr guitarist J Mascis and long time friend Dave Sweetapple. However, Mascis does not play guitar for the band; he plays his first instrument, the drums...

    , a doom/stoner metal band formed in 2005
  • Witches (band)
    Witches (band)
    Witches is a Korean ska band with 2 albums released so far.Most of their international fame stems from a flash movie made by SamBakZa that used the Witches song 떳다!!그녀!! .- Discography :Broomstick # I Have A Dream...

    , a Korean ska band
  • The Witches (Hebrew: המכשפות, Ha'Mechashefot), a 90s Israeli, all-female alternative/heavy rock trio led by Inbal Perlmuter
    Inbal Perlmuter
    Inbal Perlmuter was an Israeli composer, musician, singer and lyricist, and a founding member of the band Ha-Mechashefot .Perlmuter's music was influential to the Israeli music of the 1990s. She began her musical career in 1992 when she founded, along with Ifat Netz and Yael Cohen, the band...

     (1971-1997)
  • The Witch, a side project of the band Cold
    Cold (band)
    Cold is an American post-grunge band, formed in 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida. With two gold-albums Cold has sold over 1.2 million records in the US alone. On November 17, 2006, Ward announced on MySpace that, after a period of uncertainty since that February, the group had decided to disband. In...

     started in 2006
  • "The Witch", a 1965 song by The Sonics
    The Sonics
    The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating from the early and mid-1960s. Among The Sonics' contemporaries were The Kingsmen, The Wailers, The Dynamics, The Regents, and Paul Revere & the Raiders...

  • "The Witch", a successful 1970 single by The Rattles
    The Rattles
    The Rattles are a rock band from Germany. Their biggest selling record was their 1968 recorded song, "The Witch", which sold over one million copies globally.-Career:...


Film and television

  • Häxan
    Häxan
    Häxan is a 1922 Swedish/Danish silent horror film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen...

    , a 1922 Danish film, released in some English speaking countries as The Witches
  • The Witch (film) (Noita palaa elämään), a 1952 Finnish horror film featuring Toivo Mäkelä
  • The Witches (1966 film)
    The Witches (1966 film)
    The Witches is a 1966 British horror film made by Hammer Films. It was adapted by Nigel Kneale from the novel The Devil's Own by Norah Lofts, under the pseudonym Peter Curtis...

    , a 1966 British horror from Hammer Films
  • Le streghe
    Le streghe
    Le streghe is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vittorio De Sica...

    , a 1967 Italian film also known as The Witches
  • The Witches (1990 film), a 1990 film based on Roald Dahl's book (see below)
  • W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)
    W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)
    W.I.T.C.H. is an animated television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name produced by SIP Animation in association and participation by France 3, Jetix Europe, CNC, , - AGICOA, the Poitou-Charentes region and the Charente department. Despite their acronym, the five main...

    , a 2004 television series based on the eponymous comic book (see below)
  • Witch (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), witches as represented in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    • "Witch" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)
      Witch (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)
      "Witch" is the third episode of the first season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . It serves as the show's first regular episode after the Pilot and originally aired in the United States on March 17, 1997, on The WB Television Network...

      , a 1997 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Plays and ballets

  • The Witch
    The Witch
    The Witch is a Jacobean play, a tragicomedy written by Thomas Middleton. The play was acted by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre. It is thought to have been written sometime between 1609 and 1616; it was not printed in its own era, and existed only in manuscript until it was published by...

    , a 1616 play by Thomas Middleton
  • The Witch, English title of Anne Pederstotter (play)
    Anne Pedersdotter (play)
    Anne Pedersdotter is a play written in 1908 by Norwegian playwright Hans Wiers-Jenssen...

     (1908)
  • The Witch (ballet)
    The Witch (ballet)
    The Witch is a ballet made by John Cranko to Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major . The premiere took place Friday, August 18th, 1950, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.- Original Cast : *Melissa Hayden...

    , John Cranko's 1931 ballet to Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major

Books and fairy tales

  • The Witch (fairly tale)
    The Witch (fairy tale)
    The Witch is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.A version of the tale, under the title "The Twins and the Snarling Witch", appears in A Book of Witches, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.-Synopsis:...

    , a Russian fairy tale
  • The Witches (book), a children's book by Roald Dahl
  • Witches (Discworld)
    Witches (Discworld)
    A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. They are closely based on witches in British folklore and a slightly tongue-in-cheek reinterpretation of the Triple Goddess....

    , witches as represented in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
  • W.I.T.C.H.
    W.I.T.C.H.
    W.I.T.C.H. is an Italian fantasy/Magical girl comic series created by Elisabetta Gnone, Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa. It tells the story of five teenage girls who are chosen to be the new Guardians of Kandrakar, protectors of the center of the universe from people and creatures who wish...

    , a 2001 comic book
  • Witches (Marvel Comics)
    Witches (Marvel Comics)
    Witches is a supernatural comic book limited series that was published by Marvel Comics in 2004. Plotted by Bronwyn Carlton, with scripts by Brian Walsh, it featured art by Mike Deodato and Will Conrad.-Publication history:...

    , a 2004 supernatural comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics

Video games

  • Witches (video game)
    Witches (video game)
    Eternal Light is an upcoming third-person combat game developed by Revistronic. The developers describe the game as taking place in a dark medieval setting in which the player must fight hordes of demons...

    , a 2010 video game
  • The Witch, an extremely powerful and unplayable special infected in the video game Left 4 Dead
    Left 4 Dead
    Left 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by Valve Corporation during development. The game uses Valve's proprietary Source engine, and is available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X...

     and Left 4 Dead 2
    Left 4 Dead 2
    Left 4 Dead 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game. It is the sequel to Valve Corporation's award-winning Left 4 Dead. The game launched on November 17, 2009, for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in the United States and November 20 in Europe; in 2010, Left 4 Dead 2 was made available to...


Animals

  • Witch (righteye flounder) (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), a European flatfish
  • Witch (lefteye flounder)
    Witch (lefteye flounder)
    This article is about the Pacific flatfish species. for the Atlantic species see Megrim and Torbay sole.The witch, Arnoglossus scapha, is a lefteye flounder of the family Bothidae, found around China and New Zealand, in waters less than 400 m in depth...

     (Arnoglossus scapha), a Pacific flatfish
  • Megrim
    Megrim
    This article is about the fish, For the neurological condition, see Migraine. The megrim or whiff is a species of left-eyed Flatfish found in European seas between 100 and 700 metres below sea level. It is caught commercially in some countries.-Description:It can grow up to 60 cm in length...

     (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis), sometimes known as witch

As an acronym

  • WITCH (computer)
    WITCH (computer)
    The Harwell computer, later known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell , or the Harwell Dekatron Computer, was an early British relay-based computer...

    , an early Dekatron computer renamed the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell
  • WITCH experiment
    WITCH experiment
    WITCH is a double Penning trap experiment to measure the recoil energy of decaying nuclei. A spectrometer in combination with a position-sensitive microchannel plate detector is used to count ions while scanning their energy...

    , a particle physics experiment
  • Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell, an American feminist organization
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