Beware the women who are called witches or those who claim the name for themselves...
Banshees - a howling night-witch and harbinger of death She-devils - Lilith and her daughters
or Bitches - Hecate whose chariot is drawn by dogs. Alluring women enchantresses seekers of
revenge wise old women and badly-behaved girls. As Shahrukh Husain says: ' witches...
womanhood in all its complexity' Over fifty stories of crones and nixies shape shifters and
beauties are here including the loving fox witch of Japan Italy's Witch-Bea-Witch Scotland's
Goodwife of Laggan Biddy Earl and the terrifying Kali and Baba Yaga who comes in many forms to
haunt entice possess transform and challenge. From every corner of the globe with
tom-foolery fun strife and victory these folklore and legends celebrate women who step out
of line.
