Have you ever heard of the Harry Potter series? Well, there is hardly any person left on this earth who doesn’t know who the boy with a scar on his forehead is. Harry Potter is one of the most famous fantasy book and movie series in the world. It gained immense popularity and following since the release back in the late nineties. Very few fan bases in the world are as diverse and as versatile as the Potterhead fandom. Harry Potter fans love to live in the imagination of Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. Hogwarts is a school where kids learn sorcery and work later to serve the ministry of magic. It is a mystical world full of surprises. By now, if you feel the interest to know more about magic and witchcraft, then please scroll below to get some ideas.
About Witchcraft
By the name witchcraft, you must be thinking about black magic and stuff. But, at first, you need to be sure that witchcraft is nothing about killing people or harming them. It is composed of theology, magic, sorcery, logic, mind reading, and more. Traditionally, witchcraft means to possess supernatural powers to control the natural flow of events and rectify them. Though witchcraft is widespread worldwide, it is trendy in the Western world due to cultural phenomena and myths. There are thousands of popular myths regarding witchcraft, but the most popular one connects with cannibalism, Not to mention that there is no truth in this myth. Witches practice their knowledge and laws to improve human powers and achieve more, not to eat raw meat when they can grill it quickly. The term witchcraft derived from the old WICCA, often mispronounced as WIKKA due to dialect differences. Wicce is the feminine version of a sorcerer. Let’s get to know more about different types of witches.
Types of witches
There are many types of witches, such as
Cosmic witches
By the name, you must have guessed that these witches specialize in zodiac signs, horoscopes, and astrology. These witches study the stars to control the celestial energy to improve the mental condition, thinking process, and character understanding of others.
Divination witches
This category is the most famous among witches, and you must have seen one in almost half of the Hollywood movies. Divination witch’s expertise in palmistry and Tarot card reading. They claim to understand your past and future from palm lines and tell you how to modify any upcoming mishap. According to the story, the main protagonist from Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, was a very talented divination witch.
Kitchen witch
We all will wish for a kitchen witch at our home. These witches are experts in cooking delicious dishes, cleaning, washing clothes, and all other household jobs. Protection spells are another important possession of these groups to protect the home from any satanic and demonic forces.
Green witch
A green witch can be the fairy godmother because the green witches are experts in Herbology, essential oil formation, and botany. You don’t ever have to worry about a pimple or a stomach ache with a green fairy helping you with the diet.
Sea witches
Sea witches are the sorcerers of the ocean, sea, and weather. They have the power to control the temperature and turn a sunny day into a gloomy one. Moon cycle is also in their control.
Conclusion
Other than these categories, there are thousands more classifications of a witch and wizards. For hundreds of years, people are trying to find the actual witches and get an idea of their knowledge. This search led to horrible mass killing, sometimes like in the fourteenth century.