The best movie witches of all time

[gogoblender 3,070]

You're vote for Mad Madame Mim has garnered you accolades from me for that! I loved that battle scene with her and the wizard. Clever magic duel!

 

 

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[Sirius 16]

I really think I have to go for Maleficent, with her slim dark figure and completely crazy eyes.

But come on, doesn't she look awesome at the top of the castle casting spells of darkness and destruction while the wind violently blows her cape around?

 

I'll give you a challenge:

Find out where the archetypical witch comes from.

You know, archetypical as in worty face, bad back, pointy hat, broomstick and the whole shebang.

 

[chattius 2,526]

My school history teacher at school said shamanism:

Old wise women did the spiritual stuff: and old in bronze age often meant arthritis (hunchback), warts (no beauty chirurgy), ...

Hedge twigs tied together gave an easy broom, which was probably used to clean the long houses. Perhaps they were used for magical cleaning too.

 

 

 

Now the guesses start:

 

 

 

Wizard hat - probably from the Golden Hat_of_Schifferstadt found in germany. The ornaments could be used for astronomy predicts-