• Witchlore

    Throughout history there is been talk of witches and witchlore. Some of these are real, such as the practitioners of the religion Wicca, who call themselves witches. Other times it's clearly fiction, as in Harry Potter, and countless other books, television shows, and movies. Sometimes, for example the Salem Witch Trials, no one knows where to draw the line between fiction and reality.

    1. Harry Potter is one of the best-selling witchcraft based books of all time. http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0203049.html
    2. Wicca, a religion of witches, is not related to any sort of devilry. It is a nature-loving religion. http://www.wicca.com/celtic/wicca/wicca.htm
    3. The Salem Witch trials of , in which many supposed witches were killed, did not take place only in Salem but in the surrounding areas as well. http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/
    4. Glinda was the name of the Good Witch of the South in the original books, but in the movie of The Wizard of Oz, Glinda was The Good Witch of the North http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Witch_of_the_North
    5. It was largely in the Middle Ages that the black cat became affiliated with evil. Because cats are nocturnal and roam at night, they were believed to be supernatural servants of witches, or even witches themselves. http://cats.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zu=http%3A//www.xmission.com/~emailbox/folklore.htm%23witches
    6. Warlock and Wizard are alternative names for male witches.