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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...

is a supposed supernatural means of malevolent or harmful magic.

Witchcraft or witch may also refer to:

the practice of magic
Magic (paranormal)
Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...

in general
- Maleficium (sorcery)
  Maleficium (sorcery)
  Maleficium is a Latin term meaning "wrongdoing" or "mischief" and is used to describe malevolent, dangerous, or harmful magic, "evildoing" or "malevolent sorcery"...
- White witch
  White witch
  White witch and good witch are qualifying terms in English used to distinguish practitioners of folk magic for benevolent purposes from practitioners of malevolent witchcraft...
a supposed pre-Christian religion as advocated by Murray and Gardner, see Witch Cult
- contemporary Witchcraft
  Contemporary Witchcraft
  This article is about contemporary witchcraft, including, but not limited to, Wicca.Contemporary witchcraft refers to many different types of witchcraft practices of the 21st century...
  
  in neopaganism
- Stregheria
  Stregheria
  Stregheria is a form of ethnic Italian form of Wicca originating in the United States, popularized by Raven Grimassi since the 1980s. Stregheria is sometimes referred to as La Vecchia Religione The word stregheria is an archaic Italian word for "witchcraft", the modern Italian word being...
  
  , an 18th century Italian version of the theory.
- Wicca
  Wicca
  Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
  
  , the neopagan religion based on Gardner's 1954 claims of a Witchcraft religion
colloquially or figuratively, of certain aspects of the female gender role
- the hag
  Hag
  A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel. Hags are often seen as malevolent, but may also be one of the chosen forms of shapeshifting deities, such as the Morrígan or...
  
  stock character
- the femme fatale
  Femme fatale
  A femme fatale is a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art...
  
  stock character

Other uses

Witchcraft (1964 film)
Witchcraft (1964 film)
Witchcraft is a 1964 British black and white horror film. It was directed by Don Sharp from a script by Harry Spalding. It stars Lon Chaney Jr. in one of his last proper acting roles.-Plot:...

, a horror film starring Lon Chaney Jr.
Witchcraft (1988 film), a horror film that was first in a series of thirteen films.
Witchcraft (band)
Witchcraft (band)
Witchcraft is a Swedish hard rock band founded in 2000.-History:Magnus Pelander formed Witchcraft in 2000 in order to record a tribute to Pentagram's Bobby Liebling and Roky Erickson. The "No Angel or Demon" single was released in 2002 by Primitive Art Records which caught the ear of Lee Dorrian's...

, a Swedish band
Witchcraft (clipper)
Witchcraft (clipper)
The Witchcraft was a clipper built in 1850 for the California and China trade. She made record passages from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco, and from San Francisco to Callao, Peru.-Construction:...

, 1850 California clipper ship built in Salem, MA
Witchcraft (Witchcraft album), the debut album from the group
Witchcraft (Stormwitch album)
Witchcraft (Stormwitch album)
Witchcraft was the ninth album by the German heavy metal band Stormwitch, released in 2004. The album sees a further expansion on the new style, first shown in "Dance With The Witches", with a prominent use of keyboards that gave a much more symphonic sound...
"Witchcraft" (song)
Witchcraft (song)
"Witchcraft" is a popular song from 1957 composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. It was released as a single by Frank Sinatra, and reached number twenty in the U.S., spending sixteen weeks on the charts....

, a song by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, best known in a recording by Frank Sinatra
"Witchcraft" (The Spiders song), a song by The Spiders, covered by Elvis Presley.
"Witchcraft" (Pendulum song)
Witchcraft (Pendulum song)
"Witchcraft" is the second single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum to be released from their third studio album, Immersion. It was released as a digital single on iTunes on 18 July 2010, with the CD single being released the following day. It debuted at number sixty-two on the UK Singles...

, a song by Australian drum and bass group Pendulum
"Witchcraft", the codename given to the intelligence produced by the source Merlin, in John le Carré's novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a 1974 British spy novel by John le Carré, featuring George Smiley. Smiley is a middle-aged, taciturn, perspicacious intelligence expert in forced retirement. He is recalled to hunt down a Soviet mole in the "Circus", the highest echelon of the Secret Intelligence...

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