Witch (disambiguation) explained

A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft.

Witch, WITCH, or variations thereof may also refer to:

• witch as a practitioner of neopagan witchcraft
• Witch (archetype), as it appears in psychology and literature
• Witch (word), the word "witch" itself

Animals

• Witch (lefteye flounder) (Arnoglossus scapha), a Pacific flatfish
• Witch (righteye flounder) (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), a European flatfish
• Araotes lapithis, the witch, a butterfly of India
• Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis), sometimes known as witch

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

• W.I.T.C.H., an Italian fantasy comics series first published in 2001
• Witches (Marvel Comics), a 2004 supernatural comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics
• Wytches (comics), a 2014 horror comic series by Scott Snyder and Jock
• Witches (manga), a Japanese manga series

Fairy tales and literature

• Hag, or witch, a stock character in fairy tales
• The Witch (fairy tale), a Russian fairy tale
• The Witch (play), a 1616 play by Thomas Middleton
• "The Witch" (short story), an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov
• The Witch, the English title of Anne Pederstotter (play) (1908)
• The Witches (novel), a children's book by Roald Dahl
• Witches (Discworld), witches as represented in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
• Three Witches, characters in the William Shakespeare play Macbeth
• Witches (anthology), an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories

Films

• The Witch (1916 film), a lost American silent drama film
• Häxan, a 1922 Danish film, released in some English speaking countries as The Witches
• The Witch (1952 film), a Finnish horror film
• The Witch (1954 film), a West German drama film
• La strega in amore, a 1966 Italian drama-horror film by Damiano Damiani also known as The Witch
• The Witches (1966 film), a British horror film
• The Witches (1967 film), an Italian film
• The Witches (1990 film), a film based on Roald Dahl's book
• The Witch (2015 film), an American-Canadian horror film directed by Robert Eggers
• , a 2018 South Korean action film
• The Witches (2020 film), a film based on Roald Dahl's book

Music

Groups

• Witch (American band), a doom/stoner metal band formed in 2005
• Witch (Zamrock band), a 1970s Zambian rock band
• The Witches, a 90s Israeli, all-female alternative/heavy rock trio led by Inbal Perlmuter
• The Wytches, an English three-piece band
• David Ryder Prangley and the Witches, mid 2000s UK band formed by the former frontman of Rachel Stamp

Albums

• Witch (Boyfriend EP), 2014
• Witch (Gangsta Boo and La Chat EP), 2014
• Wytches, a 1994 album by British rock band Inkubus Sukkubus
• The Witch (album), an album by Ambar
• Witches (album), a 2015 album by One-Eyed Doll

Songs

• "The Witch", a 1970 single by The Rattles
• "The Witch" (song), a 1965 song by The Sonics
• "The Witch", a 2004 song by Insane Clown Posse
• "W.I.T.C.H." (song), a 2022 song by Devon Cole
• Witches (song), a 1988 song by Miho Nakayama

Other uses in music

• The Witch, a side project of Cold (band) started in 2006
• The Witches (opera), a 2008 opera by Marcus Paus

Television

• W.I.T.C.H. (TV series), a 2004 television series based on the eponymous comic book
• "Witch" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)
• Witch (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), witches as represented in the TV series
• Witches (What We Do in the Shadows), an episode of the television series What We Do in the Shadows

Other uses in entertainment

• W.I.T.C.H (video game), a 2006 platform game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance
• The Witch, a non-playable character in the Left 4 Dead series
• Witches (Mayfair Games), a supplement for fantasy role-playing games

Ships

• Witch (catboat), a racing boat built in 1900
• , the name of more than one ship of the Royal Navy
• , a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy during the mid-1920s and from 1939 to 1945

Other uses

• Greenwood Witch, ultralight aircraft
• The Witch (ballet), John Cranko's 1931 ballet to Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major
• WITCH (computer), an early Dekatron computer renamed the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell
• WITCH experiment, a particle physics experiment
• Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell (W.I.T.C.H.), an American feminist organization
• WITCH, an acronym of Indian computer services companies Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, and HCL

See also

• • Hag
• -wich or -wych, placename element in -wich towns in England
• Witch Mountain (disambiguation)
• Witchcraft (disambiguation)
• Wych-elm, tree