The Witch is the main antagonist of the Brothers Grimm's story, Hansel and Gretel. Also known as the Gingerbread Hag in other versions, she is a mysterious old woman who is revealed to be the evil and cannibalistic witch who lives in the house made of sweets inside the middle of a forest in which she tries to lure the two main protagonists into her home and attempting to eat them. Being one of the archetypes of Fairy Tale literature, she is one of the most iconic villain of them all who inspired several evil witch villains in countless of medias.
What Makes Her Pure Evil?[]
- She cannibalizes children by using her home, a gingerbread house, to lure them into it to be eaten, as well as masquerading as a kind old woman.
- Locked Hansel in a cage to be fattened up enough to be eaten.
- Made Gretel into her slave and gave her nothing but crab shells to eat.
- Tells Gretel her prayers for help won't work and to be quiet.
- Attempts to trick Gretel into climbing into her oven.
- While not as heinous as other witch characters in media, The Witch passes the Heinous Standards due to the massive involvement and creation of the wicked witch archetype, which sets the standard.
Trivia[]
- The Witch is easily one of the earliest Pure Evils in fairy tales as while Hansel and Gretel was first published in 1812, there are reports that the Brothers Grimm may have heard the story in 1809 or earlier, as the Grimms just collected the story instead of creating it.
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