Posts Tagged ‘red-haired witches’


Six Red-haired Witches

One of the more scary assumptions about redheads in the days o’ yore was that red hair marked an individual as evil in some way: one specific fear was that redheaded women were witches. (Of course we are.) So here, in no particular order, we have six red-haired witches from popular media, as well as [...]

On Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 this was posted in red hair while thinking: , . No Comments »

Redheads: Gillian Owens

Gillian Owens is a character played by Nicole Kidman in the movie Practical Magic.  Gillian is the sister who runs away to start living life as soon as she can; the party girl who basically goes from man to man trying to find one who sticks.  When one of the men is trouble for her, [...]

On Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 this was posted in red hair while thinking: , , . 2 Comments »

Redheads: Willow Rosenberg

Willow Rosenberg is a character from the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Alyson Hannigan (now-Denisof).  The character appears in both the television series and the comic books which continued the story.  She is Buffy’s best friend and becomes a powerful witch. One of the things I enjoy about Willow’s character is that she [...]

On Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 this was posted in red hair while thinking: , , , . 2 Comments »

Redheads: Witch Hazel

One of my favorite characters in the Looney Tunes cartoons is Witch Hazel.  I love fairy tales, and since many of the episodes she is in are evocative of fairy tales (or, hey, Macbeth) I was enamored.  Rather fabulously, at one point when Witch Hazel drinks a beautifying potion she had concocted for her “rival” [...]

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