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The 1974 hit "Witchy Woman" was described with raven hair and ruby lips by this band.
Who are the Eagles?
In American Horror Story: Coven, the supreme witch Fiona Goode desperately seeks immortality. She attempts to strike a deal with Papa Legba, but the deal fails because Legba discovers Fiona completely lacks this specific entity.
What is a Soul?
If you exclude magical entities officially categorized as fairies, enchantresses, or voodoo priestesses, this is the exact, single-digit number of core, iconic witches featured as prominent villains or characters within Disney’s main theatrical animated film canon.
What is 9?
(The Evil Queen, Maleficent, Ursula, Madam Min, Mother Gothel, Yzma, The Witch from Brave, the Fates from Hercules, the Witches of Morva from the Black Cauldron)
Lady Gaga's 2025 dark dance-pop hit borrows its title from this ancient magical word, traditionally used by stage magicians during a trick.
What is Abracadabra?
Rather than being burned at the stake as popular myth suggests, the 19 people convicted of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem trials were actually executed by this method.
In a 1959 hit by The Clovers, a man seeks dating advice from a gypsy named Madam Ruth, who mixes up this iconic, numbering concoction.
What is Love Potion No. 9?
When the Halliwell sisters need to create an ultimate physical barrier to protect themselves or vanquish a major demon, they must arrange four specific physical objects in a perfect circle around the target.
What are Crystals?
This group made their iconic debut in the 1999 movie Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, where Tim Curry memorably voiced the local horror author, Ben Ravencroft.
Who are the Hex Girls?
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe first unlock their magical destiny in the pilot episode by reading a spell from the Book of Shadows to awaken this primary force.
What is the Power of Three?
He was the only person executed during the Salem Witch Trials who wasn't hanged; instead, Giles Corey died in this fashion after refusing to enter a plea.
What is pressed to death with heavy stones?
Originally recorded by Screamin' Jay Hawkins in 1956, this bewitching anthem was famously covered by Bette Midler during a stage performance in Hocus Pocus.
What is I Put a Spell on You?
In the supernatural teen drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy's best friend Willow Rosenberg evolves from a shy computer nerd into an incredibly powerful witch. What is the name of her fellow college student and witch girlfriend who tragically gets shot, triggering Willow's terrifying transformation into "Dark Willow"?
Who is Tara Maclay?
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hermione smells the powerful love potion Amortentia, which uniquely wafts these scents when Hermonione smelled it for herself.
What are freshly mown grass, parchment, and toothpaste?
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry and Ron rescue Hermione from a fully grown mountain troll in the girl's bathroom. This spell was used by Ron to lift the club into the air and drop it on the troll's head.
Wingardium Leviosa
Hung over doorways or beds to ward off nightmares and bad luck, this common iron farm object is traditionally placed facing upward so the good fortune doesn't spill out.
What is a horseshoe?
Stevie Nicks famously performs this 1975 Fleetwood Mac classic in a flowing black dress, channeling the vibe of a Welsh witch who "takes to the sky like a bird in flight."
Rhiannon
To legally use her magic without any restrictions, Sabrina spends an entire season studying her family history to solve a complex puzzle and earn this specific, official legal document.
What is her Witch License?
In the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is famously protected from the Wicked Witch by the magical red shoes. However, in L. Frank Baum's original 1900 book, the shoes weren't ruby red at all—they were this specific color.
What is Silver?
While levitating a friend at a sleepover, the teen witches in the 1996 movie, The Craft, chant this eerie rhyme to make her weightless.
What is Light as a feather, stiff as a board?
Exceeding the scale of the Salem trials, this European country saw the highest execution rate during the witch craze, claiming thousands of lives.
What is Germany?
Lana Del Rey recorded a haunting, spooky cover of this 1966 psychedelic rock track by Donovan for the film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
What is Season of the Witch?
In ABC's fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, Regina Mills rules over Storybrooke as the Mayor, but she is secretly this character after being trained in dark magic by Rumpelstiltskin.
In the 1989 Studio Ghibli animated film, Kiki's Delivery Service, a young witch must leave home at age 13 for her training. When she suddenly loses her ability to fly and speak to her cat, she realizes her magic has temporarily faded due to a severe case of this.
What is Artist's Block/Burnout?
Witcher magic is cast through fast combat hand gestures called Signs, such as this offensive spell used by Geralt to unleash a burst of flame.
What is Igni?
Scholars widely believe the bizarre symptoms displayed by the afflicted girls in Salem—such as fits and hallucinations—may have been caused by poisoning from this fungus that grows on rye.
What is Ergot?