To the lore-uninitiated, the fact that witches exist in the Star Wars universe might come as a shock, but they actually have a long history on screen in the franchise. “The Acolyte” Episode 3 dives ...

In James Robinson’s Scarlet Witch series, the newly returned Wanda learns that witchcraft itself is broken. Magic is no longer working correctly for the witch community around the globe. To get to the ...

The witch is an iconic horror figure, especially if she has a giant pointy hat and green skin. Bonus points if there’s a mole on her nose. This image is prevalent in children’s books and horror movies ...

Witchcraft has been feared, mocked and romanticized — but rarely has it been fully understood as a story of feminist resistance and enduring cultural power. Feminist studies scholar Jane Ward has set ...

Halloween’s most famous, or perhaps infamous, character is the witch. In “Witches of Pennsylvania: Occult History and Lure,” Thomas White writes the large number of accounts of witches and witchcraft ...

Halloween lands on Thursday but the spooky, consumer-driven holiday has been possessing Salem for weeks. In October, an estimated half-million visitors descend on “Witch City” (the population is ...

At this time of year, our thoughts start to change. It is our instinct to leave our summer memories in the past and begin to prepare for the approaching winter. But there is a brief period between ...

Something wicked this way comes. Wicked fun, that is. This year we’re celebrating Nerdoween with our first-ever “Nerdist Witch Week.” During the final days of October, we’re paying tribute to those ...

Today it sits as a nondescript car park behind a large council office. Yet hundreds of years ago an unassuming patch of land in Dumbarton was the location for some of Scotland's darkest moments - as ...

2016's Scarlet Witch #3, the first appearance of the Witches' Road. Marvel Comics In James Robinson’s Scarlet Witch series, the newly returned Wanda learns that witchcraft itself is broken. Magic is ...