# The Top Witches **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097 "2016-01-14T01:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/81 "2016-01-15T01:58:06Z")
Cassie Nightingale ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/82 "2016-01-15T02:02:09Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Angelique from Dark Shadows. > Morgane le Fay from the King Arthur stories > Adalind and Catherine Schade from Grimm I’ll second Adalind. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/83 "2016-01-15T03:20:53Z")
No love for Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/84 "2016-01-15T11:23:57Z")
Baba Yaga needs to be on this list or she will eat you. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/85 "2016-01-15T13:11:47Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > No love for Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus? Most fun rendition of “I Put a Spell on You,” since Screamin Jay Hawkins! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/86 "2016-01-15T13:35:37Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Most fun rendition of “I Put a Spell on You,” since Screamin Jay Hawkins! Couldnt agree more. Love her version. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/87 "2016-01-15T13:38:34Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Tiffany Aching, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. There aren’t any other contenders. This, but with the order reversed. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/88 "2016-01-15T13:50:49Z")
Mildred Hubble (nominally The Worst Witch, but I would argue one of the best); Mrs Witch (a niche entry from UK children’s TV show Ben and Holly’s Magic Kingdom); McWitch (an even more niche entry from 1970s UK children’s TV show Rentaghost). ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/89 "2016-01-15T13:52:09Z")
I liked Madam Mim from Disney’s _Sword in the Stone_. She had a cool [magic duel](http://video.disney.com/watch/wizards-duel-4be36b86f6d55e5bc7f6b2d6) with Merlin where they both changed into animals. Mim would always turn into something ferocious like an alligator or tiger and Merlin would get befuddled and turn into a turtle or caterpillar. She finally became a dragon, thinking that would do it, so he changed into bacteria and gave her a cold. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/90 "2016-01-16T06:07:09Z")
For a collective nomination, the [Witches of Karres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_of_Karres). > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Didn’t Conan get it on with a succulent witch in the first Conan film? Correct. Gives him some sort of prophecy then turns into a monster, and then he sets her on fire IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/91 "2016-01-16T07:10:47Z")
I have to give a nod to Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg; I wouldn’t care to have either think I wasn’t giving them proper respect. That said… > [@Quercus](#): > > Wait, two pages and nobody’s thought about the Original Big Three stirring up their eye of newt and toe of frog? Well, none of you blame me if you find yourself getting stabbed by a C-section baby. I like the version of them from the _Gargoyles_ series, which explores their motivation for meddling with Macbeth (among others). Also, they manage to be creepy little girls as well as creepy old women. > [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > [Erika](http://s1.zerochan.net/Erica.Hartmann.240.436927.jpg) [and Ursula](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/full-deck/images/e/e8/Women_strike_witches_military_animal_ears_erica_hartmann_desktop_1000x862_hd-wallpaper-627944.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130710013339) [Hartmann](http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/rwby/images/b/b4/Erica_hartmann_by_dekodere-d4n3kpu.png/revision/latest?cb=20140809175532) I was going to say Sakamoto Mio, who can destroy alien ships with a sword and your mind with a laugh, but Hartmann’s a good choice, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/92 "2016-01-16T07:29:47Z")
[Yubaba,](http://studio-ghibli.wikia.com/wiki/Yubaba) the main witch in _Spirited Away_ [Baba Yaga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga)has already been mentioned. [La Llorona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona) (perhaps a ghost instead of a witch) also deserves mention. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/93 "2016-01-16T07:57:06Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/94 "2016-01-22T09:37:25Z")
I think witches in mass media are too white. Hope someone does something about it. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/95 "2016-01-22T10:50:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Cousin. > > Thinking out of the box, let’s not forget Witch-ay Woman! Sister? Wasn’t she a daughter? Even if she waren’t, I figure dere was a sister in there somewhere. Waren’t dere? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/96 "2016-01-22T10:53:25Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > I think witches in mass media are too white. Hope someone does something about it. Well, now, what would you suggest that we could do about that? Huh? Maybe I could go ahead and impregnate a black witch maybe? Do you figger that would have the desired effect what you wanted? I’m not sure that it would. However, maybe it could. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/97 "2016-01-22T16:21:41Z")
I think **the\_diego** might be referencing the current Oscars controversy. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/98 "2016-01-22T17:02:48Z")
Grandmama Addams - always a favorite ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/99 "2016-01-22T17:13:34Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > This thread has been an eyeopener for me. I need to read the Discworld novels. Nah, you need to see _I Married a Witch_. **jags** is right. Veronica Lake made the best witch ever. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097/100 "2016-01-22T17:22:39Z")
Granny Weatherwax \> Nanny Ogg \> Magrat Garlick \> Perdita X I have regretfully not found any of the Tiffany Aching novels here at the local bookstore. I REALLY need to get them ordered, as they are the only Discworld novels I haven’t yet read. I continually re-read all of the Sam Vimes books and the stories of the witches- I absolutely love Granny Weatherwax’s take on the world, and Nanny Ogg, as described, is absolutely, without-a-doubt my grandmother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-witches/743097.md?page=6)