Like "The history of witches and wizards, giving a true account of all their tryals in England, Scotland, Swedeland, France, and New England; with their confession and condemnation", by W.P., which is now in my TBR list 😊
I'm surprised there was no mention of the Hex Girls from Scooby Doo. They ALONE started an entire trend of witch called 'Eco Goth', which didn't even EXIST beforehand. It was just 'a thing' the writers wanted to do to have the girls stand out, and it ended up creating this titanic sub culture that remains strong to this very day.
Plus in one of the movies (Scooby-Doo & the Witches Ghost), The Hex Girls Lead Singer (Thorn, if I remember right) revealed she was a descendant of a Witch
@@pkmntrainermark8881 The whole gimmick is that they played witches, and this is Style Theory--the trend where you dress witch-like, not actually perform magic. Ntm, Thorn legitimately has witch heritage in her blood, so SHE is a witch at least.
Baba Yaga is an interesting case. She kidnapped a couple of children, sure, but she also gave food and shelter to heroes. Usually, the last one before they descended into the unknown. Sometimes, the hero tricked her into doing that. Sometimes, she did that voluntarily. Also, she gifted heroes with magic GPS yarn ball or other cool artifacts to aid them. Baba Yaga is basically Slavic Charon - a guide between the worlds of the living and the dead. She's sometimes depicted as having one leg be that of a skeleton, and her hut on chicken legs is like a portal between life and death. It doesn't run around much but stands up and turns towards either the road or the dark spooky forest when she commands it to Also, in most Slavic languages the word for a witch is literally translates to "the one who knows" so there's that.
That last part is pretty interesting. In Finnish the word for a shaman (who follows the Finnish paganism) is "tietäjä" or "the one who knows." The Finnish word for a witch, "noita," was a synonym for tietäjä.
huh, weird, i live in ukraine and never heard about the positive part, most just see it as some old women who lives in the forest, does magic, potions, and kidnaps children, also I never made the connection between the baba yaga and witches. I think i've heard a word for like, male fortune teller which is vedun, meaning "knower" and it made sense vedma/vidma [witch] probably has the same origin.
Fun fact, due to the popularity of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the producers of "The Wizard of Oz" were considering making the Wicked Witch of the West beautiful, like the Evil Queen. They even shot a few screen tests with Gale Sondergaard in the role. They later changed their minds and went with Margaret Hamilton in green makeup. Interestingly, the description of the Wicked Witch in the original book was an old woman wearing an eyepatch, and playing a more minor role in the story. The eyepatch was to hide her magical all-seeing glass eye.
When you said in the 1960's women were finally allowed to wear pants, it reminded me of my late great grandmother. She wore skirts until her husband died in 1997... Immediately after he died, she wore nothing but pants 😂 Rest in peace great grandma ❤
Girls couldn't wear pants or shorts to school though. Outside of school and at some jobs yes but school wasn't willing to modernize until like the 70s or 80s
I always thought Witches went through a similar thing as vampires where you start with old Dracula then Nosferatu then you get to Lesat and then Buffy, Edward, , Astarion etc the slow thirst trapification of Halloween monsters
@@ProjektTaku Unless you go towards the possible root of Vampires, Vlad the Impaler. To each their own tastes but uh, wouldn't call him exactly handsome.
@@SealFormulaMaster yes but they were also an indictment of the upper-classes. Elegant and kindly on the surface, but feeding on the lower-classes and discarding them once their useless.
@@ProjektTaku Vampires were originally just bloodthirsty corpses; nothing handsome about them. Bram Stoker was the first to popularize the idea of a more seductive, attractive vampire in his book, Dracula. The film Nosferatu had some elements of Bram's work, but much of it (especially the look of Count Orlof) is derived from Slavic folklore. The "handsome on the surface" thing is a relatively modern trope.
Hey, Amy - would you consider doing a video about how dangerous it is (or isn't) to wear a hair clip while driving. I've seen a couple of stories where women had the hair clip embedded in their heads after being in an accident. Were those just freak accidents or should I be taking my hair down while I drive?
As someone who's learning to drive, has shoulder length hair and puts it up while driving, I'm now scared. I actually do pull down the tie with the headrest being on the uncomfortable height
The main reason why the evil queen in Snow White chose to be the witch/hag was so that Snow White wouldn't recognize her since the evil queen was obsessed with vanity/beauty.
8:43 fun fact, Hecate isn’t the only triple goddess. For instance, another common Greek triple goddess is the fates. In Ireland, the “triple goddess” is The Morrigan, a goddess of death, fate, birth, and magic!
Yup! There’s a lot of triple goddesses, and the triple moon is very common in witchcraft, especially modern day. As a practitioner of witchcraft myself(and a devotee of Hecate), I tend to see it a lot triple goddess imagery due to Hecate, since she is the goddess of witchcraft.
@@hailstorm2914 only reason I know about The Morrigan is because I work with her. (Ig I’m technically a devotee, but the idea of labeling it as worship triggers religious trauma)
I have a small question for you. I read a book a few years ago and I remember The Morrígan as a goddess associated with war, fate and death. Where do the birth and magic come from?
I also learned years ago during my studies that the triple goddess or triple moons was a reference to three moon goddesses specifically, implying they're all the same. Diana, Selene and Artemis. Though because Diana is Artemis counter part in Roman mythos I think that's the only link and can verify how true this is. Makes more sense for it to be Hekate the way it's more commonly explained anyway but I still think it's interesting
Also worth noting, "Bewitched" was loosely based on the 1942 movie "I Married a Witch," starring Veronica Lake. So the beautiful witch in contemporary (for the 1940s, at least) clothing was already baked into the premise. (There was also some heavy inspiration taken from the 1958 movie "Bell, Book and Candle," starring Kim Novak, also in contemporary clothing.)
Also, talking about witches in 1960s fashion, I'm surprised you didn't mention the original depiction of Sabrina from the Archie comics and cartoons, with her miniskirts, hairbands, and bob cut.
Fun fact Amy: Bewitched got a huge following in Japan, which would inspired the Magical Girlfriend trope that we see in anime today such as Urusei Yatsura and Chobits. It is also referenced in anime such as the first episode of Nyaruko: Crawling with Love season 2.
Hekate was a triple goddess, but not "Maiden, Mother, and Crone" that is a modern invention sometimes applied to her and other goddesses. Please don't mix Wiccan theology and historical paganism.
"Mother, Maiden, and Crone" didn't originate in Wicca it dates back to Brigid from the Celtic Druidic Orders. Can be applied to Danu, the Earth Mother as well but still trying to find more old stories about her
There’s definitely some instances of the classic depiction of witches appearing in more modern media. Hayao Miyazaki utilized the more casual modern depiction in “Kiki’s Delivery Service”, but Yubaba in “Spirited Away” and the Witch of the Waste in “Howl’s Moving Castle” are definitely a callback to the more traditional depictions - albeit with a European upperclass flair.
Hecate is not a maiden, mother, crone during ancient greek/roman times. This is a historical interpretation of Wiccans based on belief, but not historical evidence.
Wiccan and Paganism are not the same. Some pagans DO follow Hecate as the Triple Goddess other follow Morrigan or Diane, some don't even work with the goddess. Wicca on the other hand, has its own gods and rules like a standard religion, Paganism is a spiritual practice. there is a difference.
because of how many goddesses she is attributed to, some have linked her into being a triple goddess. I regard her as such for personal reasons, but yes, she wasn't originally.
If I remember correctly, the tinmans makeup was actual tin (up until it got replaced after he was hospitalized for tin poisoning) and the witches makeup was copper, which ended up catching on fire after the scene where she bursts into flames and disappears, causing 3rd degree burns all over. As well as the snow used in some scenes was asbestos, and a LOT more issues on set and even off set. Tldr ; the making of The wizard of Oz was horrific and filled with abuse and neglect Also keep in mind any of this could me wrong, I'm going off memory right now so yea but that should be roughly correct, at least mostly some things may be wrong
She was originally a witch, a counterbalance to fairies (Disney specifically) until the live action remake reclassified as a fairy. Even in the original cartoon she’s vey green.
I kept waiting for Amy to bring up all of Eda’s awesome outfits. Luz’s outfits too! She literally gets teased in the second episode for wearing a stereotypical witch outfit. Granted, she was wearing an old traffic cone 😂
I get really mad when mordem pagan alternative 14 year olds say "were the grandaughters of the witches you couldnt burn" because it emplies that some of the women burned were really witches and so were technically "guilty" of their accusations
When I tell you I (As a huge PJO and Greek mythology fan who just read "The wrath of the triple goddess) SCREAMED when you said "The triple goddess, also known as Hecate", I MEAN IT!!! Shes one of my favourites too!
I have two things I’m disappointed about: 1) Hecate has pre-Grecian origins and is depicted as having three faces, but they do not necessarily correspond to mother/maiden/crone - that’s more of a Wiccan thing. 2) No discussion of anti-semitism.
@@FelicityUwU yeahhhh if you want more info about pagans you should visit a pagan website, do NOT go to Christian websites or any other ones got that cus some swear up and down that witchcraft is bad yady yadda when it's just a complex wide varietied practice that sometimes includes religion, doesn't matter what religion btw, but the most common associated religion is pagan, Wiccan, or hereditary (as some ppl call it)
I’m glad of the change, I have yet to meet a witch with green skin😭 also never meet an “evil” witch/ someone doing forbidden rituals and potions. It’s sad
I'm ngl.. I grew up a punk/ goth because of icons like the Hex Girls, Morticia Adams, Wednesday,and Danny Phantom (if you know you know). I saw beautiful women and they owned it. They just beamed with confidence and control...what I wanted to be as a kid and teen trying to find my way in life.
The question is the opposite. When did witches become NOT hot? The whole point of becoming a witch was basically to get an eternal youth and beauty. If you become a cartoon old crone, you kinda got scammed.
Funnily enough the Wicked Witch of the West's look in the orginial "The Wizard of Oz" film was directly influenced by "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves." They first cast the stunningly beautiful Gale Sondergaard for the role to emulate the look of the Evil Queen. But, they ended up Margaret Hamilton (a beautiful lady in her own right) because they wanted to go for the "Evil Hag" look.
Very interesting! :) I liked the stories where 'witchood' made the main characters embrace their femininity more, and become stronger because of it. Like becoming their true selves. These days, everything is about being the 'cool girl' or 'tough'. Which can also have it's charm! But it feels like the feminine strengths are still being looked down on, and seen as weak. Which is so wrong.
I love, love, love, love, love! But I did want to talk about the midwives about being witches, I watch the video of a historian that specializes in witches, and she said that midwives often were not considered, which is because they were so trusted. But what do I know?
9:36 not really... In Polish "Baba" is indeed a phrase you could theoreticaly call a grandma (though it's gained rather negative connotations), you usually call your "babcia", "baba" could be used for a stranger-grandma or someone rude. "Jaga" is widely disputed as to what it means, but definitely not straightforward "witch" which would be "wiedźma" or "czarownica" in polish and similar ones in other slavic languages. Baba Jaga (sometimes spelled Yaga) is a highly mysterious figure of slavic folklore and there is a deep dive scientific book about her by Andreas Johns (quite misleadingly having "russian folklore" in the title, as it's a figure known in other slavic countries too (probably most famously in Russia but still, the polish publisher chmaged it to "slavic folklore" and I think it was a correct decision)). And also she is considered a demonic being on the verge of life and death. The more you know :)
Since nobody is actually explaining it, what she said was "haute couture", which pretty much just means "high-end fashion", as it is French for "high dressmaking".
@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 even without her being host to the goddess of magic herself, Sadie is skilled with spells herself. And she certainly fits the aesthetic.
@LeoChaseTheMythMaster styles i mean what ever you find nice lol. But the history of hair could be interesting with a fair bit to cover as it heavily depended and its a broad topic.
@@coenfealy4731 The local theater chain has been re-showing the Harry Potter series one film per week, but I find myself losing interest as the series gets darker. I doubt that I'll be going to the 2-part Deathly Hallows movies.
@@petrastedman669 witch doesn't exclusively refer to females, both witch and wizard are gender-neutral terms whose gender-specific connotations just come from pop culture, and if I had to guess probably made even more popular via the way the characters are categorized in the Harry Potter universe where the terms are gendered
@@aceproductions43 the theory is about witches, specifically females. And on top of that, no offense, but I made a very well structured point about the history of Witchcraft having to do with the history of brewing, and not one person thought to leave a comment or like it.
I'm suprised we had an entire witch episode, without Wicca beeing mentioned. I for sure thought they would have some sort of inpact on the perception of witches!
I don’t really think that the old witch lady trope has anything to do at all with witch attire. It’s creepy when an old lady who’s supposed to be incapable has unknown power, and or is pretending to be weak. That’s why it makes a great villain.
Just a little addition, some modern day witches wear black as a form of color theory. This is because black is seen as a color of protection and helps ward off negative energies.
For Alex Russo, that’s not a skirt she’s wearing over her jeans , it’s just a really long tank top. You can see the blue at the top under the yellow shirt of hers near the necklaces. Proving that it comes from the top down. It’s not a skirt it’s a shirt.
there’s a really great video essay about the fashion of the craft and how it relates to the story actually fascinating all of them starting out with their uniforms and plain clothes then slowly devolving into whimisgoth madness will always be my style inspo and favorite movie 🖤
As a Christian, old Christianity gets on my nerves especially about women. Did they even read the bible 😭 Especially with the whole women thing. Yeah but there’s a reason Jesus died for our sins. He literally washed it all away. UGH. Their so annoying 😭
I live in Salem and I’m going to events with the cast of Hocus Pocus all weekend so this video is perfect for me for today! The actors who play Max, Alison, Jay, Ice, and the voice of Binx are all in Salem for the weekend and they’re all so cool! Last night the event was a Samhain Celebration at the Hawthorne Hotel and tonight is a Hocus Pocus-themed burlesque show so I’ve got witches on my mind!
amy: "this is the longest book name I've ever read!" some random person trying to summarize the entirety of robin hoods lore right after the printing press was invented: "hold my beer"
It's also worth noting that alongside quakers, the old stereotypes about witches also took from Jewish stereotypes, because old antisemitism and accusations of devil worship.
6:13 About the evil queen's alter ego of the hag. . . I mean. . isn't that also a disguise? So what became a classic look for witches wasn't even that particular witch's true form, lol
You read things you'd never expect to when you click on a theory video.
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Like "The history of witches and wizards, giving a true account of all their tryals in England, Scotland, Swedeland, France, and New England; with their confession and condemnation", by W.P., which is now in my TBR list 😊
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I'm surprised there was no mention of the Hex Girls from Scooby Doo. They ALONE started an entire trend of witch called 'Eco Goth', which didn't even EXIST beforehand. It was just 'a thing' the writers wanted to do to have the girls stand out, and it ended up creating this titanic sub culture that remains strong to this very day.
I remember watching that when I was younger. I thought the Hex Girls were so cool! 😂
Plus in one of the movies (Scooby-Doo & the Witches Ghost), The Hex Girls Lead Singer (Thorn, if I remember right) revealed she was a descendant of a Witch
The Hex Girls weren't witches, though.
@@pkmntrainermark8881 The whole gimmick is that they played witches, and this is Style Theory--the trend where you dress witch-like, not actually perform magic. Ntm, Thorn legitimately has witch heritage in her blood, so SHE is a witch at least.
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That's just untrue. Thorn has WICCAN heritage in her blood.
Baba Yaga is an interesting case. She kidnapped a couple of children, sure, but she also gave food and shelter to heroes. Usually, the last one before they descended into the unknown. Sometimes, the hero tricked her into doing that. Sometimes, she did that voluntarily. Also, she gifted heroes with magic GPS yarn ball or other cool artifacts to aid them.
Baba Yaga is basically Slavic Charon - a guide between the worlds of the living and the dead. She's sometimes depicted as having one leg be that of a skeleton, and her hut on chicken legs is like a portal between life and death. It doesn't run around much but stands up and turns towards either the road or the dark spooky forest when she commands it to
Also, in most Slavic languages the word for a witch is literally translates to "the one who knows" so there's that.
ooooooooooh I didn't really know much about it, but now that you point it out, it really does sound like "knowing one" or smth. the more you know
That last part is pretty interesting. In Finnish the word for a shaman (who follows the Finnish paganism) is "tietäjä" or "the one who knows." The Finnish word for a witch, "noita," was a synonym for tietäjä.
John wick is the new Baba Yaga ❤ 😂
huh, weird, i live in ukraine and never heard about the positive part, most just see it as some old women who lives in the forest, does magic, potions, and kidnaps children, also I never made the connection between the baba yaga and witches.
I think i've heard a word for like, male fortune teller which is vedun, meaning "knower" and it made sense
vedma/vidma [witch] probably has the same origin.
GPS yarn ball. That is now my new favourite sentence.
Fun fact, due to the popularity of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the producers of "The Wizard of Oz" were considering making the Wicked Witch of the West beautiful, like the Evil Queen. They even shot a few screen tests with Gale Sondergaard in the role. They later changed their minds and went with Margaret Hamilton in green makeup.
Interestingly, the description of the Wicked Witch in the original book was an old woman wearing an eyepatch, and playing a more minor role in the story. The eyepatch was to hide her magical all-seeing glass eye.
When you said in the 1960's women were finally allowed to wear pants, it reminded me of my late great grandmother. She wore skirts until her husband died in 1997... Immediately after he died, she wore nothing but pants 😂 Rest in peace great grandma ❤
You legit have the coolest grandma ever.RIP🕊️🥀
Girls couldn't wear pants or shorts to school though. Outside of school and at some jobs yes but school wasn't willing to modernize until like the 70s or 80s
Your great grandma is based. She has 1 way ticket to heaven.
I always thought Witches went through a similar thing as vampires where you start with old Dracula then Nosferatu then you get to Lesat and then Buffy, Edward, , Astarion etc the slow thirst trapification of Halloween monsters
You do realize Nosferatu was knock-off of Dracula, right? Vampires were always meant to be handsome on the surface.
@@ProjektTaku Unless you go towards the possible root of Vampires, Vlad the Impaler. To each their own tastes but uh, wouldn't call him exactly handsome.
@@SealFormulaMaster yes but they were also an indictment of the upper-classes. Elegant and kindly on the surface, but feeding on the lower-classes and discarding them once their useless.
@@ProjektTaku Vampires were originally just bloodthirsty corpses; nothing handsome about them.
Bram Stoker was the first to popularize the idea of a more seductive, attractive vampire in his book, Dracula. The film Nosferatu had some elements of Bram's work, but much of it (especially the look of Count Orlof) is derived from Slavic folklore. The "handsome on the surface" thing is a relatively modern trope.
Lestat cries in a corner for being so rudely skipped...
Hey, Amy - would you consider doing a video about how dangerous it is (or isn't) to wear a hair clip while driving. I've seen a couple of stories where women had the hair clip embedded in their heads after being in an accident. Were those just freak accidents or should I be taking my hair down while I drive?
I don't even like wearing hair clips but new fear unlocked I guess
I’ve heard about those stories too!! Omg I need a video on it
As someone who's learning to drive, has shoulder length hair and puts it up while driving, I'm now scared. I actually do pull down the tie with the headrest being on the uncomfortable height
You should TAKE IT DOWNitsvery dangerous
im going to start taking mine out when I drive 0.O
The main reason why the evil queen in Snow White chose to be the witch/hag was so that Snow White wouldn't recognize her since the evil queen was obsessed with vanity/beauty.
since matpat put on a witch costume
The only real answer. The second Matpat does something, It's cool. Matpat is the definition of cool.
8:43 fun fact, Hecate isn’t the only triple goddess. For instance, another common Greek triple goddess is the fates. In Ireland, the “triple goddess” is The Morrigan, a goddess of death, fate, birth, and magic!
Yup! There’s a lot of triple goddesses, and the triple moon is very common in witchcraft, especially modern day. As a practitioner of witchcraft myself(and a devotee of Hecate), I tend to see it a lot triple goddess imagery due to Hecate, since she is the goddess of witchcraft.
@@hailstorm2914 only reason I know about The Morrigan is because I work with her. (Ig I’m technically a devotee, but the idea of labeling it as worship triggers religious trauma)
I have a small question for you. I read a book a few years ago and I remember The Morrígan as a goddess associated with war, fate and death. Where do the birth and magic come from?
I also learned years ago during my studies that the triple goddess or triple moons was a reference to three moon goddesses specifically, implying they're all the same. Diana, Selene and Artemis. Though because Diana is Artemis counter part in Roman mythos I think that's the only link and can verify how true this is. Makes more sense for it to be Hekate the way it's more commonly explained anyway but I still think it's interesting
*can't verify
Ngl I love style theory for these random out of pocket theories :33
Also worth noting, "Bewitched" was loosely based on the 1942 movie "I Married a Witch," starring Veronica Lake. So the beautiful witch in contemporary (for the 1940s, at least) clothing was already baked into the premise.
(There was also some heavy inspiration taken from the 1958 movie "Bell, Book and Candle," starring Kim Novak, also in contemporary clothing.)
Also, talking about witches in 1960s fashion, I'm surprised you didn't mention the original depiction of Sabrina from the Archie comics and cartoons, with her miniskirts, hairbands, and bob cut.
Fun fact Amy: Bewitched got a huge following in Japan, which would inspired the Magical Girlfriend trope that we see in anime today such as Urusei Yatsura and Chobits. It is also referenced in anime such as the first episode of Nyaruko: Crawling with Love season 2.
Japan also has a sort of witch, Ms. Comet. It was a very fun little show.
@@briandaaranda9735 That's very fascinating! I also found out that it got an anime in the 2000s and was a live action drama in the 1960s and 1970s.
Hekate was a triple goddess, but not "Maiden, Mother, and Crone" that is a modern invention sometimes applied to her and other goddesses. Please don't mix Wiccan theology and historical paganism.
"Mother, Maiden, and Crone" didn't originate in Wicca it dates back to Brigid from the Celtic Druidic Orders. Can be applied to Danu, the Earth Mother as well but still trying to find more old stories about her
There’s definitely some instances of the classic depiction of witches appearing in more modern media. Hayao Miyazaki utilized the more casual modern depiction in “Kiki’s Delivery Service”, but Yubaba in “Spirited Away” and the Witch of the Waste in “Howl’s Moving Castle” are definitely a callback to the more traditional depictions - albeit with a European upperclass flair.
Hecate is not a maiden, mother, crone during ancient greek/roman times. This is a historical interpretation of Wiccans based on belief, but not historical evidence.
Wiccan and Paganism are not the same. Some pagans DO follow Hecate as the Triple Goddess other follow Morrigan or Diane, some don't even work with the goddess. Wicca on the other hand, has its own gods and rules like a standard religion, Paganism is a spiritual practice. there is a difference.
because of how many goddesses she is attributed to, some have linked her into being a triple goddess. I regard her as such for personal reasons, but yes, she wasn't originally.
I cannot express enough how perfect Amy is for this channel lol
8:43- Fun fact, in the show “The Worst Witch” on Netflix, Miss Hardbroom’s name is Hecate, as seen when Miss Cackle calls her that
I thought only I still remembered that show!! 😭
Man, I haven't thought about that show in years!
@@ShanRenxinyears? U thinking of the 90s version cuz the Netflix one isn’t that old
@@gemfanclub U thinking of the 90s version cuz the Netflix one isn’t that old
@@madnessarcade7447 the 90s miss hardbroom was constance hardbroom, not hecate😭
Fun fact: the actress of the Wicked Witch (and the Tin Man) was allergic to the green (and silver) makeup
Knowing how they made snow it that movie, I kind of wonder whether they were allergic or whether the makeup just wasn't save to begin with.
I think the tin man was replaced because he ended up in the hospital due to the silver makeup
If I remember correctly, the tinmans makeup was actual tin (up until it got replaced after he was hospitalized for tin poisoning) and the witches makeup was copper, which ended up catching on fire after the scene where she bursts into flames and disappears, causing 3rd degree burns all over. As well as the snow used in some scenes was asbestos, and a LOT more issues on set and even off set.
Tldr ; the making of The wizard of Oz was horrific and filled with abuse and neglect
Also keep in mind any of this could me wrong, I'm going off memory right now so yea but that should be roughly correct, at least mostly some things may be wrong
@@fleurtherabbit could be a combination 🤔
@michaelablair4689 i heard that it's was either him or the wicked witch that got replaced but I wasn't sure
We know you're a witch, Amy
If that's even your real name...
If you say Amy’s true name three times in a mirror, she appears
@@StellaHarwood-Marshall. Agent Smith, Agent Smith, Agent Smith
You lied
@@Mustideer You didn't use her true name :P
@@kaelanirevyruun1676 she has to be Agent Smith is the only explanation
@@kaelanirevyruun1676 Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse
How dare RUclips hide this from me
Same here
But if green is linked to evil and witchcraft, what does that mean for the emerald city, where everyone wears green, the whole city is green
A small correction: Alex is not wearing a skirt, it's a long top
Maleficient isn't a witch, she's a fairy, she shouldn't be used as an example fir what a witch looks like.
She was originally a witch, a counterbalance to fairies (Disney specifically) until the live action remake reclassified as a fairy. Even in the original cartoon she’s vey green.
She may technically be a fae, but she is still synonymous with witches and very much plays the role of the witch on the story.
She was already a fairy in the animated one, it’s not unique to the live action
having an episode all about hot witches but not even mentioning the WILF, Eda the Owl Lady from The Owl House, smh (/joke)
Honestly
Your not wrong.
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I kept waiting for Amy to bring up all of Eda’s awesome outfits. Luz’s outfits too! She literally gets teased in the second episode for wearing a stereotypical witch outfit. Granted, she was wearing an old traffic cone 😂
Amy Missed a great opportunity
WE GETTING IN THE SPOOKY SEASON WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
I get really mad when mordem pagan alternative 14 year olds say "were the grandaughters of the witches you couldnt burn" because it emplies that some of the women burned were really witches and so were technically "guilty" of their accusations
When I tell you I (As a huge PJO and Greek mythology fan who just read "The wrath of the triple goddess) SCREAMED when you said "The triple goddess, also known as Hecate", I MEAN IT!!!
Shes one of my favourites too!
We don't talk about the anime witches
I have two things I’m disappointed about:
1) Hecate has pre-Grecian origins and is depicted as having three faces, but they do not necessarily correspond to mother/maiden/crone - that’s more of a Wiccan thing.
2) No discussion of anti-semitism.
As a pagan myself, its so refreshing to hear someone not spew misinformation about pagan history, thank you Amy ~🖤
Pagans still exist?
Guess it’s like Hellenism existed
@@FelicityUwU not even gonna entertain this, cant even spell pagan right, look it up yourself or go on pagan forums
@@FelicityUwU yeahhhh if you want more info about pagans you should visit a pagan website, do NOT go to Christian websites or any other ones got that cus some swear up and down that witchcraft is bad yady yadda when it's just a complex wide varietied practice that sometimes includes religion, doesn't matter what religion btw, but the most common associated religion is pagan, Wiccan, or hereditary (as some ppl call it)
Perfect video when you plan on coming to work dressed as Circe & calling your coworkers "(future) pork" xD
I was waiting for someone to mention Circe!
When someone dresses as a flower that can repel you,you're gonna feel silly
@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 holy moly!
The 8th century BCE. Circe, the Odyssey. See also: Morgan Le Fey, The Witch of Endor...
I love this types of videos that show how human's lifeSTYLES have changed over the years!
I’m glad of the change, I have yet to meet a witch with green skin😭 also never meet an “evil” witch/ someone doing forbidden rituals and potions. It’s sad
the "maiden mother crone" concept was invented by a pseudohistorian in the 1940s.
2:50 can’t even get away from APUSH or The Crucible on the weekends 😭
I'm ngl.. I grew up a punk/ goth because of icons like the Hex Girls, Morticia Adams, Wednesday,and Danny Phantom (if you know you know).
I saw beautiful women and they owned it. They just beamed with confidence and control...what I wanted to be as a kid and teen trying to find my way in life.
I love Amy and how she explains things.
found it funny how Scarlett Witch wasnt mentioned
She is like a source tresses.
The question is the opposite. When did witches become NOT hot? The whole point of becoming a witch was basically to get an eternal youth and beauty. If you become a cartoon old crone, you kinda got scammed.
4:26 “longest title I have ever seen”
Me-that is average at best for web novels titles
Saw the title and screamed “YES!”
Since October Country dropped "My Girlfriend Is a Witch" in 1968
Sounds like an anime title
Veronica lake in I married a witch back in the 40s
I’m shocked that she didn’t mention the Wizarding world. Including: Hermione, Ginny, and Luna.
Maleficent is not a witch; she is clearly dark fae.
Funnily enough the Wicked Witch of the West's look in the orginial "The Wizard of Oz" film was directly influenced by "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves."
They first cast the stunningly beautiful Gale Sondergaard for the role to emulate the look of the Evil Queen. But, they ended up Margaret Hamilton (a beautiful lady in her own right) because they wanted to go for the "Evil Hag" look.
The "When Did Witches Get SO Hot" truly got me
Tbh I think it got everyone
@@TheTenChells true
I think this may have been 100% Amy's favorite topic to cover, the way she fangirl'd over some of the clothes was definitely her true taste coming out
4:33 “Sweedland” 😂 it made me giggle!!!
Very interesting! :) I liked the stories where 'witchood' made the main characters embrace their femininity more, and become stronger because of it. Like becoming their true selves. These days, everything is about being the 'cool girl' or 'tough'. Which can also have it's charm! But it feels like the feminine strengths are still being looked down on, and seen as weak. Which is so wrong.
I love, love, love, love, love! But I did want to talk about the midwives about being witches, I watch the video of a historian that specializes in witches, and she said that midwives often were not considered, which is because they were so trusted.
But what do I know?
all these theories are progressively getting wilder and wilder and im here for it
I love that you mentioned Willow she is my favorite character in all of buffy
7:25 everybody's always on about the Salem witch trials, but nobody ever brings up the Boston wizard convictions.
9:36 not really... In Polish "Baba" is indeed a phrase you could theoreticaly call a grandma (though it's gained rather negative connotations), you usually call your "babcia", "baba" could be used for a stranger-grandma or someone rude. "Jaga" is widely disputed as to what it means, but definitely not straightforward "witch" which would be "wiedźma" or "czarownica" in polish and similar ones in other slavic languages. Baba Jaga (sometimes spelled Yaga) is a highly mysterious figure of slavic folklore and there is a deep dive scientific book about her by Andreas Johns (quite misleadingly having "russian folklore" in the
title, as it's a figure known in other slavic countries too (probably most famously in Russia but still, the polish publisher chmaged it to "slavic folklore" and I think it was a correct decision)).
And also she is considered a demonic being on the verge of life and death. The more you know :)
1:05 wait, say that again...
hote kityur
@lets_wrapitup Hawk tuah
Since nobody is actually explaining it, what she said was "haute couture", which pretty much just means "high-end fashion", as it is French for "high dressmaking".
7:48 I'd say that older anybody is rather more difficult to convince..
8:22 'Birthday suits' _is_ a nice, RUclips friendly phrase
the pain of her not mentioning the owl house
So, the "Witch Boom" happened because of a series' budget constrain?
Love the fact that Amy added a Twitches clip in here!
I loved reading those books as a kid! The movies are what lead to me reading them ^^
@@SEGASister THEY HAD BOOKS?!
Came looking for this comment. The series ran from 2001-2004 with 10 books. The Disney movies came out in 05 and 07. I enjoyed both versions.
Ngl agathas coat IS SO PRETTY!! I want one real bad but cant find a coat that looks similar 😭
9:07 hey that’s from game theory that one video
10:04 thought she was gonna say “all aboard the toxic gossip train” 😭 lol idk whyyy
6:05 I literally got a Halloween as right after this so I thought it was the clip she was playing😭😂
For me, I only came to see if TOH (the owl house) would be featured. Aka, DISNEY’S WITCH SHOW!! But, great work, Amy. Keep up the amazing work.❤❤
Yes
Bayonetta: Hello boys
In the world of books, I think Sadie Kane would fit in this video
THE KANE CHRONICLES!!! Riodan fans UNITE!!
YESSSS SADIE
She's a vessel for a God. I wouldn't call her a witch necessarily.
@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 even without her being host to the goddess of magic herself, Sadie is skilled with spells herself. And she certainly fits the aesthetic.
@SpringStarFangirl That's fair,it's been a few years since I read the Kane Chronicles so I forgot spells were just part of the magic system
As a pagan witch myself this is my favorite episode of yours yet!
Style Theory on Boys' Long Hair?
They made a few video avout hair
@@skycrafter2042 but none of boys' long hair as in history, styles, etc.
@LeoChaseTheMythMaster styles i mean what ever you find nice lol. But the history of hair could be interesting with a fair bit to cover as it heavily depended and its a broad topic.
@@skycrafter2042 agreed on history. With styles I also kind of mean modern trends and stuff which I suppose could go into history.
I think part of it is just that witches are shown as young now where as before they were usually old
My favorite witch series are "Just Add Magic" and "The Bureau of Magical Things".
Those two shows had general magic not witchcraft
TBOMT had fairies and elves no witches
What about Harry Potter?
Also I used to love just add magic!
@@coenfealy4731 The local theater chain has been re-showing the Harry Potter series one film per week, but I find myself losing interest as the series gets darker.
I doubt that I'll be going to the 2-part Deathly Hallows movies.
@@coenfealy4731 Let's not forget "Every Witch Way".
Sabrina the Animated series should have had a cross over with Archie's weird mysteries
…they did (?), it used to play with Saturday morning cartoons…
Mic change? 15:35
Sounds like it was recorded long after other parts and the mic is same, but the mood is different
There are even witches who show a lot of skin. Just look at Hilda from Stella Glow for example.
it is officially spooktober my dudes
SPOOKI MONTH!!
When i was a kid I didn't realize how old bewitched was because sams outfits were so 'modern'.
12:19 Alex was a wizard. The show is called Wizards of Waverly Place.
But a female practitioner of magic is commonly referred to as a witch.
@@petrastedman669 witch doesn't exclusively refer to females, both witch and wizard are gender-neutral terms whose gender-specific connotations just come from pop culture, and if I had to guess probably made even more popular via the way the characters are categorized in the Harry Potter universe where the terms are gendered
I think she just means "magic user" when she says witch, to fully encapsulate the fashion of all the ones who were popular, like alex
@@aceproductions43 the theory is about witches, specifically females.
And on top of that, no offense, but I made a very well structured point about the history of Witchcraft having to do with the history of brewing, and not one person thought to leave a comment or like it.
@@petrastedman669different universe different rules
I'm suprised we had an entire witch episode, without Wicca beeing mentioned. I for sure thought they would have some sort of inpact on the perception of witches!
well seeing Wanda in the title made me smile
I don’t really think that the old witch lady trope has anything to do at all with witch attire. It’s creepy when an old lady who’s supposed to be incapable has unknown power, and or is pretending to be weak. That’s why it makes a great villain.
9:59 Maleficent is a fairy not a witch
Just a little addition, some modern day witches wear black as a form of color theory. This is because black is seen as a color of protection and helps ward off negative energies.
For Alex Russo, that’s not a skirt she’s wearing over her jeans , it’s just a really long tank top. You can see the blue at the top under the yellow shirt of hers near the necklaces. Proving that it comes from the top down. It’s not a skirt it’s a shirt.
And she isn't a witch she a wizard
Wizards of Waverly place
and now i'm walking away from this video with a list of things to watch lol
there’s a really great video essay about the fashion of the craft and how it relates to the story actually fascinating all of them starting out with their uniforms and plain clothes then slowly devolving into whimisgoth madness will always be my style inspo and favorite movie 🖤
When we stopped being scared of them.
As a Christian, old Christianity gets on my nerves especially about women. Did they even read the bible 😭 Especially with the whole women thing. Yeah but there’s a reason Jesus died for our sins. He literally washed it all away. UGH. Their so annoying 😭
As a Christian same! I might be a guy but give the ladies a break 😭 🙏
From a grandma who knows about magic, to a female charm artist.
Who to blame for such a change?
I live in Salem and I’m going to events with the cast of Hocus Pocus all weekend so this video is perfect for me for today! The actors who play Max, Alison, Jay, Ice, and the voice of Binx are all in Salem for the weekend and they’re all so cool! Last night the event was a Samhain Celebration at the Hawthorne Hotel and tonight is a Hocus Pocus-themed burlesque show so I’ve got witches on my mind!
Funny how comments are pointing out you got Alex's outfit wrong instead of the fact you called her a witch instead of a wizard.
amy: "this is the longest book name I've ever read!"
some random person trying to summarize the entirety of robin hoods lore right after the printing press was invented: "hold my beer"
As a child that grew up on Buffy tv… I had no idea my aesthetic was Willow. 😂
It's also worth noting that alongside quakers, the old stereotypes about witches also took from Jewish stereotypes, because old antisemitism and accusations of devil worship.
Scarlet witch has existed in comics since 1964
Don’t forget Eda that foxy woman is very whitchy
Oh you flatter me with the title darling
6:13
About the evil queen's alter ego of the hag. . . I mean. . isn't that also a disguise? So what became a classic look for witches wasn't even that particular witch's true form, lol
I am really early!
And the video is awesome amy!