The blind belief in the existence of witches unites people under the same norms of behavior. It's necessary to conform to these norms because whoever strays from the path is accused of being a witch or sorcerer....
Once a ghost story, that the spirit of an Indian unburied, sometimes introduced himself as Keith Beth - deceased local witch. Finally, the ghost was called the Bell Witch....
Modern witches do not look like the witches of old, who cursed entire villages to die or poisoning the milk of their cows. Yet there are witches and there are certain signs by which they can be recognized....
Having nine lives it is believed that a witch can be reborn into a cat nine times. Black cats were burned alive as they were seen as companions to witches in the middle ages....
During this era it was highly believed of the existence of witches, and them casting spells. The witches were to blame for death, disease, famine basically all that was unexplainable had to be the work of a witch....
The horrible irony is the proven fact that the parasitic fungus was also used for interrogation of the women who were alleged to be witches in order to make them talk....