My earliest recollection of witches was Bewitched (1964). From the first episode, I wanted Samantha Stevens' power of twitching my nose to make magical things happen. I am still working on the twitching part, but my fascination with witches never ended.
Here is a clip I found. Bring back any memories?
The paranormal genre on television continued through the years with shows such as Charmed, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and ABC's newest Witch Show, Eastwick.
Witches on the Big Screen.
There are far too many to name so here are a few favorites to add to your rental list.
1. The Blair Witch Project
2. The Wizard of Oz
3 The Witches of Eastwick
4. The Craft
5. of course, Harry Potter-all of them
Witches in Books.
Haven't read these yet, get your list out!
1. Kim Harrison Hollows series
2. Kimberly Frost Southern Witch Series (click here to see my review)
4. Carolyn MacCullough Once A Witch
5. Linda Wisdom 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover
Just to name a few!
To end this tribute I leave you with a poem by William Shakespeare:
The Witches Caldron
"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog"
"Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing"
"For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and babble"
"Double, double, toil and trouble,
Fire burn, and caldron bubble"
William Shakespeare
This will count as an entry into Misty's Helluva Halloween contest. Have you entered yet?
Who is your favorite witch from either books, television or movies?
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Mary D
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Hi Eliz :) Okay, since I grew up with the original Bewitched TV series, I'd have to go with Samantha on Bewitched (although Darrin was such a drag, and I often wanted her to 'twitch' him into the farthest galaxy for eternity LOL
Now, her mom Endora totally rocked !~!
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I'm a fan of the TV show Charmed, although when I was younger I liked Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
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Ooh, I think magic themed novels in general were my first introduction to the reading bug. :D I blame it on all the witch and magical stories and books my grandmother used to read to me as a child! :D
Great contest, can't wait to know what the two prize books are... :D
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The Harry Potter characters are my fave!
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I <3 Bewitched :)
My favorite witch related movie is Practical Magic. I like to watch it every year around Halloween. It's a great book too.
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I also love Halloweentown, The Worst Witch (1986), and Hocus Pocus.
This is the weirdest coincidence, I am working on my Spotlight On: Witches right now (and obviously I got sidetracked. Which explains why I am so behind in my spotlights). But you have to add Hocus Pocus to the list!
I am going to link to this in my spotlight. I think I'm going to mention your giveaway, too. :)
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~Misty
just wanted to say, love this witchy post. after watching Wicked the musical, Elphaba is my top witch at the moment.
Samantha was also my first witch so she'll always have a special place in my heart but I love Rachel Morgan from Kim Harrison's series, she is so complex and then there's Kimberly Frost's new Southern witch series with Tammy Jo. Now that's a seriously fun series I just can't get enough of.
~Roxanne
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I used to watch Bewitched too. Great show and yay for the Harry Potter mention. I grew up on those books. Good times.
Love the poem from Shakespeare. :)
-Lauren
Bewitched was great. I am also one of the few who liked the recent movie remake as well. Harry Potter witches are also awesome. And from books I like Rachel from The Hollows.
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I don't think anything can beat Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz!
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I’ve always liked supernatural/paranormal/etc. themed books! I’ll be sure to read some of the ones you talked about!!
I’ve always liked Sabrina from Sabrina the Teenage Witch tv show, but Sirius from the Harry Potter series definitely wins out!
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Growing uo, every year my mom read me the book The Little Leftover Witch. I now read it to my girls, it isnt in great of shape but it is no longer in print. The witch's name is Felina. It's an adorable story that I hope will continue to get passed down from generation to generation!
Mara
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I agree about the witches from The Wizard of Oz. Both my memory of a beautiful witch with a pretty dress (that's what i remember as a little girl) to the mean mean wicked witch that I ran and hid from!
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There are really so many! I love the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus. And the step-mother from the Johnny Depp version of Sleepy Hollow.
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I've posted a link to this contest in my sidebar and I'll be mentioning it in my Sunday Contest Slurry tonight.
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I love kelley armstrong. Page from her book( i think it is page) is my favorite witch.
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I always loved the witches from The Wizard of Oz - those poor, misunderstood women...I'm a big fan of Kimberly Frost's witch too - Tammi Jo Trask - she's fun and feisty!
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Personally I was in love with the witches from Charmed when it coming out with new episodes. Now I just have to catch the reruns, and that is not the same. jomullane@bluemarble.net
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Bewitched was also my favorite show but I liked Sabrina her sister as she was always causing havoc with Darwood{as that it what she called him}!
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The witches in the movie Practical Magic. I love that movie. I'm also a huge fan of the original Bewitched so I have to say Samantha too.
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Wow I've never seen a William Shakespeare poem. Well, there's a first for everything.
Hm..I don't know a lot of witches in books and shows. But I do know Sabrina the Teenage Witch! I used to watch it all the time! :)
I absolutely love Elphaba from Wicked :) But for books - my favorite would be the Twitches series!
My favorite witch is the Wicked Witch of the West.
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I love Sabrina the Teenage Witch, =)
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I love the witches from Wicked.
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I subscribe by e-mail to your posts. I liked the witches from Charmed. I miss that show.
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Oh my goodness...the Blair Witch Project. I definitely watched that last Halloween and hated it. Some little friendly advice for those of you who haven't seen it? DON'T.
I love Sabrina the Teenage Witch! :) and of course the Wizard of Oz.
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Rachel from Kim Harrison's Hollow series. She's just so awesome and kick-butt.
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I love Prof. McGonogal from Harry Potter. She rocks!
Ooooo ... I love Bewitched too! My fav witch must be Phoebe from Charmed.
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My favorite witches are Sally and Gillian from Practical Magic. I gotta see that movie again. I loved Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock in that one.
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I love Sabrina the Teenage Witch from the comic strips.
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My favourite witch is either Willow (Buffy the vampire Slayer) or Elphaba (Wicked).
Seahn
My fav. witch would be from a book you have not mentioned - Morgan - from the Sweep Series - there such fun reads, YA fiction! :)
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In Finland, we have this children's show called Moomins (it is based on books written by Finnish author but the TV show is made in Japan) and there is this witch in that show. She must be my favorite witch. She is trying to be mean but she just cannot do it because really she is nice.
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I love Hermione from Harry Potter :-)
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As far as movies, I love the three witches from Hocus Pocus. As for books, I love Pen and Persy from The Leland Sisters series.
~Briana
Harry Potter and Sabrina the Teenage Witch!
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Wow, I haven't read any of those books. Need to add them to my list. My favorite witches would be the Charmed Ones. Loved that TV show! dasuzuki at yahoo dot com
My favorite witches are both from The Wizard of OZ
Glenda the Good Witch and The Wicked Witch of the West
My favorite witches are both from The Wizard of OZ
Glenda the Good Witch and The Wicked Witch of the West
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My favorite witch from a book is Daisy from Dead is the New Black.
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Actually, I liked the witches in Revealers by Amanda Marrone... it was a different kind of witch. =)
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