From the trio of witches who haunt Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Macbeth, to the falsely accused women of Arthur Miller’s Salem in The Crucible, there are countless literary spell-weavers who have captured our imaginations over the centuries.
Despite their fantastical representation, witches are very real individuals who have existed throughout history. Whether or not they were truly capable of manipulating the elements, casting curses and levitating on broomsticks, however, remains up for debate.
