Below, find a few of the most famous witches in the cinema, from Ursula in “The Little Mermaid” to all three witches of Eastwick. 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone' (2001) The first ...

From casting spells to riding on broomsticks, witches have been part of folklore for centuries. While real-life witches are very different from their pop-culture stereotypes, the very idea of them ...

Dyer, arguably, inspired one of the most famous fictional witches in American pop culture: the one at the center of the 1999 horror film “The Blair Witch Project.” Although the film never ...

This woodcut shows witches casting a spell to cause rain. From De Lamiis et Phitonicis Mulieribus, written by Ulrich Molitor in 1489. (Charles Walker Collection/Alamy Stock Photo) There was also a ...

Woodcut showing the Scottish King, James VI overseeing the torturing of witches at the witchcraft trial in Edinburgh. From 1591 edition of 'Newes from Scotland.' King James VI wrote about this in ...

Ms. Dyer, arguably, inspired one of the most famous fictional witches in American pop culture: the one at the center of the 1999 horror film “The Blair Witch Project.” Although the film never ...