"THIS ANTHOLOGY IS A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL TALES OF WITCHES THAT GIVES A PICTURE OF THEIR MYSTICAL ORIGINS AND AN IMPRESSION OF THE EFFECT FOLKLORIC WITCHES HAD ON REAL PEOPLE OF THE TIME AND ON CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE AND INTERPRETATION. THROUGHOUT THIS ANTHOLOGY, THE READER WILL EXPERIENCE THE LEGACY OF THE WITCH IN A WIDE VARIETY OF HER FORMS AND ENJOY A DETAILED LOOK INTO THE STORIES THAT SHAPED BOTH THE IMAGE OF THE WITCH AND HER INFLUENCE ON MODERNITY."