#from @evil queen to @lilith grimhilde.

[purelysnow]

−−−  ꧁ a day of picking wildflowers turned into red lips watching in horror as she awaited her death, the evil queen ordering for her heart to be harvested in a wooden box to prove that the fairest of them all was no longer.

❥  exploring topics of : self worth, not understanding the world around her, acceptance, finding her own story, believing the world could still be good after showing her the opposite.

❥ based in the worlds of : disney, descendants, once upon a time & the hunger games.

© graphics made by @anyacommissions

𝕭𝖎𝖔𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖕𝖍𝖞

snow white is the daughter of leopold and eva white, king and queen of a kingdom located outside of the enchanted forest. shortly after snow was born, queen eva unfortunately passed away. snow grew up not knowing the love of a mother. snow was only ten years of age when her father remarried to lilith grimhilde. the child was incredibly excited to be able to finally have the mother relationship that she desired, wanting for the two to be close, even if they were not related by blood. it seemed to be like the perfect match. after lilith had saved snow from a rogue horse ride, snow thought that the motherly figure she searched for was finally in her grasp. king leopold engaged to lilith soon after she saved snow, pulling her from her previous life (and any previous loves).  after the sudden death of king leopold, snow’s step-mother came into power. life as snow knew it would no longer be the same. snow was incredibly beautiful growing up. so much so that queen lilith feared that, one day, her beauty would outreign hers. as a result, lilith dressed her as a scullery maid to try and limit her beauty. snow never complained, using her animal friends and love for singing to brighten her days. the people of her kingdom felt bad for the young princess.  though the queen was evil and the villagers feared her, never retaliating or rebelling due to her power. each day, she questioned her magic mirror, ❝ magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? ❞ the answer had always been queen lilith until one fateful day. the queen’s jealousy grew more and more into hatred, finally having enough and hiring a huntsman to bring snow’s heart to her in a box. the huntsman took snow out of their castle, planning to pick wildflowers in an open field outside of the enchanted forest. to snow’s horror, she learned that the huntsman was there to kill her. the huntsman took pity on the princess and allowed her to run free, to run as fast as she could away from the kingdom. since then, snow has spent her days in the enchanted forest. she has enlisted the help of her animal friends to help her gather resources and more for her new life. she is still seeking permanent shelter as she grows accustomed to life in the enchanted forest.

𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖘

canon divergent : snow white is the perfect housekeeper of a step-daughter. after leopold’s death, queen lilith decided that snow, to repay the debt of such a great loss of their kingdom, would become one of her servants. snow would now know the life of a maid - away from her jewels and the rest of her princess life. snow never complained, though. in this verse, snow’s evil step-mother has not conducted the plan of hiring a huntsman to return snow’s heart to her.

the hunger games : leopold and eva snow were very influential people in the capital. the people adored their family, listening to their ideas and opinions wholeheartedly. when snow’s mother died soon after she was born, it rocked her father. though he still held his status, nothing was the same. when snow was ten-years-old, she was riding her horse in a park near the capital when a rogue rebel had spooked her. though the rebel didn’t mean any harm, lilith grimhilde had stepped in and scooped her out of that situation - seemingly “saving” her from what the capital feared. when leopold learned of this, he fell in love with lilith and asked her to marry him. a few years after their union, leopold fell ill and died mysteriously, leaving little snow with her new step-mother. life completely changed for the young girl. her wardrobe changed from silks to rags from district 12, forced to do all of the cleaning and housework around their home. even with dirt embedded in her skin and rags falling off of her body, snow was still deemed fairest of them all to the people of the capital. this angered lilith. lilith decided to take matters into her own hands and hired someone to kill snow. the huntsman took her to the outskirts of the capital to pick wildflowers, a seemingly perfect plan to carve out her heart for her step-mother. instead of killing her, the huntsman pitied her and allowed her to run far away from the capital and out of lilith’s vision. it was days before snow decided to stop her journey in district 12, deciding that this district was as far away from lilith to stay out of her mind. now, snow lives in a house with seven other people. she sings in hidden bars to earn extra money for sustainability. 

once upon a time : deriving from canon once upon a time, this verse is set in season one. snow white is known as mary margaret blanchard, an elementary school teacher. she is quite shy outside of the classroom, residing most of her time with her nose stuck in a book. snow does not like regina (the evil queen in her original tale). she does not understand why regina does not like her and often disagrees with her.

[rainhodasucata-archive]

starter inspirado na música: a gente dá bom - mkt

onde: salão de baile na torre central

com: @lclith​

Poucas pessoas eram capazes de compreender a cumplicidade  - às vezes... bem raramente... quase nunca! -  de castigados. Ser filho de um vilão não era nada fácil, especialmente quando crescia sob os olhares julgadores de terceiros na grande cidade. No entanto, haviam poucos que podiam contar uns com os outros, já que nem todos eram, de fato, confiáveis... Lilith não era de todo má como sua mãe  - pelo menos não com ele?! -, mas sabia que ela tinha um olho bem sofisticado e que certamente não o condenaria. Bom, pelo menos era isso que esperava quando havia pedido para que ela lhe ensinasse a dançar a valsa.  “Precisa ser tão regrado assim?”  Comentou após girá-la nos calcanhares segurando a mão da mesma para fazer o movimento, enquanto retomava de segurara a cintura alheia e puxá-la para perto novamente.  “Parece ridículo ter que dançar lento desse jeito. E não me entenda mal, a gente forma uma ótima dupla,”  Exagerou o elogio ao rolar os olhos na órbita, como se fosse algo óbvio.  “os dois malucos no olho do furacão com o mundo nas nossas mãos."  Terminou de brincar para que só então finalizasse o pensamento:  “Mas, será que isso faz da gente mais mocinho? Dançar valsa pra uma formatura de conclusão de módulo, digo. Isso supondo, é claro, que você tenha se tornado uma boa mocinha, Lillie.”  Disse-lhe com sorriso travesso nos lábios.

[nyxshadowhawk]

Names for Witches

An updated version of an earlier list! Good and evil witches alike:

Acrasia: A witch in The Faerie Queene who tempts and bewitches people, controlling their minds. Means "lacking command."

Agatha: Means "good." A disproportionately common name for witches in media, including the Enchantress from Beauty and the Beast, Aggie Prenderghast from ParaNorman, and Aggie Cromwell from Halloweentown.

Aglaonice: A Thessalian witch from the writings of Plutarch, who could draw the moon down from the sky (probably referring to an eclipse). She might just have been an astronomer!

Akantha: A Greek name meaning "thorn."

Akitophis: The name of an unkown goddess mentioned in the PGM. Possibly a name or epithet of Ereshkigal.

Alcina: An evil sorceress and seductress from Orlando furioso, and the title character of a series of operas. Meaning uncertain.

Alcmene: The mother of Heracles. Means “moon strength.”

Aradia: The title character of Charles Geoffrey Leland's book Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches. A moon goddess and basically the witch version of Jesus, at least in that book.

Arcana: Latin word meaning “secret” (literally “to shut in a chest”), also a word for the two groups of cards in a tarot deck.

Argante: The Queen of Avalon in one Arthurian text, a version of Morgan le Fay. Might be related to argenta (“silver”).

Arianrhod: A Welsh goddess, associated with the moon, stars, fertility, and the passage of time. Means “silver wheel.”

Armida: The name of the witch/seductress in Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered, meaning uncertain.

Asteria: A Titaness and the mother of Hecate, the goddess of falling stars, prophecy, astrology, and oneiromancy. Means “starry.”

Asterope: The mother of Circe in one telling. Means either “lightning” or “star-faced.” (Also the name of one of the Pleiades.)

Autumn: The season containing Halloween/Samhain.

Belladonna: Deadly nightshade, a poisonous herb. Means "beautiful woman."

Briar: Refers to thorny bushes. Could be associated with evil enchantments, beautiful roses, or both.

Brigid: Celtic fire goddess. Means either "strength, virtue" or "exalted one."

Cassandra: A Greek prophetess whom Apollo cursed so no one would believe her. Means "she who entangles men." Could be shortened to "Cassie."

Cerridwen: Welsh enchantress goddess associated with the sacred cauldron of divine inspiration. Means "white poet."

Circe: A sorceress in Greek mythology who turned men into animals and who was a priestess of Hecate. Means "hoop-round."

Despoina: A daughter of Demeter and Poseidon associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries. Means “the mistress.” Also an epithet of Hecate and Persephone.

Diana: Roman name of the goddess Artemis, the virgin goddess of the moon and the hunt. Associated with Dianic Wicca, a modern cult centered around this goddess.

Edana: Celtic, means “little fire.”

Elergia/Annowre: An evil sorceress in Arthurian legend who tries to seduce Arthur.

Endora: The Witch of Endor was a sorceress in the Bible.

Empusa: Female monsters that served Hecate. Means “one-legged.”

Erichtho: A horrifying, evil hag from Lucan’s Pharsalia. Meaning uncertain.

Esmeralda: The name of Granny Weatherwax (from Discworld), means "emerald."

Freya: Norse goddess of love, beauty, sex, and war, means "lady."

Ganeida: An Arthurian sorceress, a sister of Merlin.

Grimhilde: The name given to the Evil Queen in Disney's Snow White. Good for fairy-tale-esque witches, could also work for a kinda Gothy heroic character. Means “masked battle.”

Gwendolyn: A Welsh name meaning "white bow" or "white ring."

Habundia/Habonde: "Abundance," a name for the queen of witches or fairies, associated with Diana, Mab, Nicnevin, and Hecate.

Hazel: Witch-hazel is a shrub with yellow flowers, associated with witches because of its name and its medicinal properties. Actual hazel is an all-purpose wood for magic wands.

Hecate: The goddess of witchcraft, necromancy, the night, and the crossroads in Greek mythology. Means "worker from afar.”

Hecuba: The Queen of Troy, mother of Cassandra. Uncertain etymology, possibly related to "Hecate." She turned into a dog and became one of Hecate’s familiars.

Hellawes: An evil sorceress in Arthurian legend, who seeks to kill Lancelot so she can embalm his corpse and kiss it every day to spite Guinevere. Creepy.

Hellebore: A poisonous herb.

Ianira: A name of several nymphs in Greek mythology, possibly meaning "enchantress."

Ingrid: A Norse name combining the name of a fertility god and the word for "beautiful."

Ivy: A plant thought to drive out evil spirits.

Lamia: A vampire-like monster from Greek mythology that eats children. Name of the witch in the film version of Stardust.

Lilith: The Queen of Demons in Hebrew folklore, means "of the night,” referring to a screech owl.

Lilura: Basque name meaning "enchantment."

Louhi: An evil witch queen in Finnish mythology. Means "trance."

Luna: Roman goddess of the moon.

Maeve: Based on Irish Gaelic, means "intoxicating." Possibly related to Queen Mab.

Medea: Means "cunning," a sorceress in Greek mythology who helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece. Took violent revenge when he left her for another woman.

Melissa: An apprentice of Merlin, who rescues the victims of Alcina. Means “honeybee.”

Morana/Marzanna: The Slavic goddess of death and winter, means "death."

Morgana: Name of the famous sorceress Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend. Means “sea circle.”

Morrigan: Irish goddess of death, war, and ravens, means “great queen” or “phantom queen.”

Morwenna: A Welsh name meaning “maiden,” the name of the witch in the book version of Stardust.

Nepenthe: A magical drug from the Odyssey that cures sorrow and causes forgetfulness.

Nicnevan: Queen of the Fairies in Scottish folklore, and the witch queen of Samhain. Means "daughter of the divine." Identified with Hecate.

Nimue: A name for the Lady of the Lake, and/or the sorceress who encased Merlin in a tree with his own magic. Might be related to a Greek word meaning "memory."

Nyx: The Greek primordial goddess of and personification of the night.

Orenda: Iriquois name meaning "magical power."

Persephone: Greek goddess of flowers and Queen of the Underworld. Means either "wheat-thresher" or alternatively "destroyer."

Ragana: Lithuanian Crone goddess of witchcraft.

Raven: The bird, associated with death, magic, and prophecy in multiple mythologies.

Sage: Unisex, a cleansing herb used in many magic spells. From Latin, “healing plant.”

Selene: The Greek goddess and personification of the moon.

Sibyl: Greek, “prophetess,” a word for an oracle.

Strega/Striga: "Strega" is the Italian word for witch (and a word for Italian neopaganism). "Striga" is the Latin word for witch and means "screech owl" (owls are in the order "strigiforms") and a genus of flower called "witchweed."

Sycorax: The name of the witch in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, who is probably based on Medea. Uncertain etymology.

Taika: Finnish, "magic spell."

Vervain: An herb with magical and medicinal properties.

Venefica: A Latin word that simply means “woman who poisons,” referring to a woman who works magic by means of potion-making.

Vivian: A name for the Lady of the Lake, means "lively."

Willow: A tree associated with witches and spirits

And, because I don’t want to neglect the men, here’s a few for male witches (I haven’t been able to find nearly as many!):

Abdecian: Means “to get by asking,” as in a magic spell. (Disclaimer: I have no idea where I got this name. I had it written in my notes, and I remember finding it somewhere, but when I searched it I got mainly my own content on various websites. So… idk.)

Abraxas: A magic word found throughout Greek magic spells as a name of power. The name of the “Great Archon” in Gnosticism, also the name of one of the horses of the Sun. Etymology uncertain. Also spelled Abrasax.

Alaric: Germanic, “all-powerful.”

Alistair: Scottish variant on Alexander, meaning “defender of mankind.” Similar to the chosen name of a certain famous occultist.

Altair: The brightest star in Aquila. Means “eagle.”

Amergin: A druid in Irish mythology, “born of song.”

Aspen: A white tree, associated with fairies. Its leaves turn golden in the fall, and they appear to “shimmer” in the breeze.

Arawn: The Welsh lord of the Otherworld and the dead, and leader of the Wild Hunt. Etymology uncertain; might be a variant of the Hebrew Aaron, “exaulted.”

Aurelius: Latin, “golden.”

Belenus: Pan-Celtic god of light and healing identified with Apollo, who gave his name to Beltane. Means “shining one.”

Briar: Refers to thorny bushes. Same fairy-tale associations.

Eliphas: Hebrew, “God is agile.” The pen name of the famous occultist Alphonse Constant.

Gwydion: Means “born of trees,” a magician and trickster god in Welsh mythology.

Hemlock: A poisonous herb used in spells.

Hunter: Self-explanatory. Modern witchcraft tends to involve the worship of forest gods associated with hunting.

Mabon: Welsh, “divine son,” a figure in Arthurian legend. His name was given to the autumn equinox in modern paganism.

Maddock: Welsh, “fortunate.”

Melchior: One of the Biblical magi, “king of light.”

Merle: A unisex name, from Latin, meaning “blackbird.”

Raven: The bird, associated with death, magic, and prophecy in multiple mythologies.

Rowan: Irish, “little red one,” the name of a tree with the ability to ward off evil.

Simon: Greek, from Hebrew, “hearkening.” The name of an ancient sorcerer, Simon Magus, who founded Gnosticism in early Christianity.

Soma: A name with various mystical meanings in different languages. In Greek, it means “body.” In Sanskrit it means “distill, extract” and refers to the drink of the gods, as well as being another name for the Hindu moon god, Chandra. In Finnish, it means “pretty.”

Tanwyn: Welsh, “white fire.”

Taliesin: A legendary bard in Welsh folklore, the son of Cerridwen. Means “shining brow.”

Valerian: A medicinal herb, used to induce sleep. “Health, vitality.”

[thediamondolls]

this list is ever changing, check back for updates!

TV Muses:

Heidi Barrie / Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( fc: shelley hennig )

Jo Harvelle / Supernatural ( fc: alona tal )

Ruby ( v. 1.0 ) / Supernatural ( fc: katie cassidy )

Saxa /  Spartacus ( fc: ellen hollman )

Santanico Pandemonium / From Dusk til Dawn ( fc: eiza gonzalez )

Vanessa Styles / From Dusk til Dawn ( fc: adrianne palicki )

Serena van der Woodsen / OG Gossip Girl ( fc: blake lively )

OC's:

Aoife / Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter ( fc: katherine mcnamara )

Ebony Sparda / Devil May Cry ( fc: emeraude toubia )

Eirny / X-Men ( fc: danielle rose russell )

Ekaterina Romanov / John Wick ( fc: megan fox )

Freki / Werewolf lore ( fc: katherine winnick )

Keres Angelos / AHS Coven ( fc: ryan ashley malarkey )

Laura Lawrence / Cobra Kai ( fc: jeanine mason )

Lilith / Biblical / Mythology Based ( fc: samantha robinson )

Mariella Salvatore / The Vampire Diaries / The Originals ( fc: giulia de lellis ) 

Remini : x5-404 / Dark Angel ( fc: lindsay morgan )

Video Games:

Faith Seen / Far Cry 5 ( fc: anya taylor joy )

Jill Valentine / Resident Evil ( fc: tbd )

Lilith the Siren / Borderlands ( fc: tbd )

Susie Jordan aka The Legion / Dead by Daylight ( fc: lights poxleitner )

Movies:

Amber Sweet / Repo! the genetic opera ( fc: ryan ashley malarkey )

Marnie Wallace / Repo! the genetic opera ( fc: emily blunt )

Delta / Jurassic World ( fc: adrianne palicki )

Fox Mask / You’re Next ( fc: jon bernthal )

Ginger Fitzgerald / Ginger Snaps ( fc: katherine isabel )

Holly Garling / PET ( fc: ksenia solo )

Jennifer Check / Jennifer’s Body ( fc: megan fox )

Kirby Reed / Scream 4 ( fc: hayden pantierre )

Tattoo / Moulin Rouge! ( fc: ryan ashley malarkey )

Tracy Bingham / All Cheerleaders Die ( fc: natalie alyn lind )

Comics:

America Chavez / Marvel ( fc: xochitl gomez )

Bobbi Morse / Marvel ( fc: blake lively )

Christine Palmer / Marvel ( fc: rachel mcadams )

Clint Barton / Marvel ( fc: aaron paul )

Dinah Lance / DC ( fc: katherine winnick )

Jessica Jones / Marvel ( fc: krystin ritter )

Natasha Romanov / Marvel ( fc: ana de armas )

Oliver Queen / DC ( fc: charlie hunnam )

Sersi / Marvel ( fc: gemma chan )

Tandy Bowen / Marvel ( fc: olivia holt )

Zatanna Zatara / DC ( fc: emeraude toubia )

Literature:

Cherry / Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter ( fc: brianne howey )

Corky Corcoran / Fear Street Cheerleaders ( fc: sabrina carpenter )

Itzpapalotl / Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter ( fc: becky g )

Jeyne Westerling / ASOIAF ( fc: lily james )

Rafael Espinoza / Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter ( fc: clayton cardenas )

Raina Wallis / Anita Blake: vampire hunter

Ridley Duchannes  / Caster Chronicles aka Beautiful Creatures ( fc: dove cameron )

Rosalie Hale / Twilight ( fc: sydney sweeney / anti smeyer )

Rosha Nelson / Fear Street: The Perfect Date ( fc: olivia holt )

Shiera Seastar / ASOIAF ( fc: tbh )

Sookie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire Mysteries aka True Blood ( fc: tbd )

Stormy Llewellyn / Odd Thomas ( fc: danielle campbell )

Vivian Gandillon / Blood and Chocolate ( fc: virginia gardner )

Request:

Churchill Creed / Pet Semetary ( fc: zane holtz )

Eventide Grimhilde / Grimm / descendants multi-fandom ( fc: sofia carson )

Fawkes / Harry Potter ( fc: ana de armas )

Hedwig / Harry Potter ( fc: diana agron )

Jane Foster / Marvel ( fc:  alicia vikander ) 

Sansa Stark / ASOIAF ( fc: sophie turner )

[100witches]

One Hundred Witches

🖤💜Master Post💜🖤

A handy resource guide of 100+ witches from across history, literature, mythology, and pop culture. Not all of these women would have identified as such, but many were persecuted and marginalized in the name thereof. This is not complete, nor comprehensive. I will be adding to it as I continue the project, as there are many, many witches I have yet to include. 

📜Witches from History📜

Hypatia (350/370- 415)

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

Mother Shipton (1488-1561)

Agnes Waterhouse (1503-1566)

Agnes Sampson (1591)

Alse Young (1600-1647)

Tituba

Catherine Deshayes (1640-1680)

🗄Historical Compilations🗄 

In Memoriam 

Red Haired Witches

📖Witches from Modern History📖

Occultists🔮

Pamela Coleman Smith

Dion Fortune

Helena Blavatsky

Marie Laveau*

Mothers of Modern Witchcraft/Wicca🕯 

Doreen Valiente

Monique Wilson

Maxine Sanders

Edith Woodford-Grimes

Janet Farrar

Eleanor Bone

Margaret Murray

Vivianne Crowley

Old Dorothy Clutterbuck

Lois Bourne

Patricia Crowther

Sybil Leek

American Witches and Pagan Elders🌿

Margot Adler

Starhawk

Selena Fox

Silver RavenWolf

Zsuzsanna Budapest

Laurie Cabot

Jeane Dixon

Stevie Nicks

W.I.T.C.H.*

🎥Witches from Film/Literature📚

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Eglantine Price

Bell, Book, and Candle

Gillian Holroyd

The Witches of Eastwick

Alexandra Medford, Jane Spofford, Sukie Ridgemont 

Witches from Oz

Glinda

Mombi

Wicked Witch of the West

Witches from Narnia

Jadis, The White Witch

Witches from Harry Potter

Minverva McGonnogal

Bellatrix Lestrange

Hermione Granger*

Animated Disney Witches

Ursula 

Maleficent 

Madam Mim

Grimhilde (The Evil Queen)

Practical Magic

Sally and Gillian Owens

Frances and Bridget Owens

The Addams Family

Grandmama Addams

Hocus Pocus

The Sanderson Sisters: Winifred, Mary, Sarah

Wicker Man

Miss Rose

Witches

Grand High Witch

Rosemary’s Baby

Minnie Castavet

The Craft 

Nancy Downs/Fairuza Balk

Rachel True

The VVITCH

Thomasin* 

Miyazaki Witches

Kiki

Yubaba and Zeniba*

Pirates of the Caribbean

Tia Dalma 

Macbeth

The Weird Sisters/Three Witches*

📺Witches from Television📺

Bewitched

Samantha Stephens

Endora

Aunt Clara

Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Sabrina Spellman

Hilda and Zelda Spellman

Game of Thrones

Melisandre

The Magicians

Julia Wicker, Margo Hanson, Alice Quinn, Kady Orloff-Diaz

Penny Dreadful 

Vanessa Ives

Joan Clayton

Charmed 

The Halliwell Sisters: Phoebe, Prue, Piper, and Paige.

Cartoons 

Witch Hazel (Donald Duck)

Witch Hazel (Looney Tunes)

Halloweentown 

Agatha Cromwell

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 

Willow Rosenberg

American Horror Story: Coven 

Miss Robichaux’s Academy*

🏺Witches from Mythology/Folklore🏺

Biblical

The Witch of Endor

Lilith

Greek 

Cassandra

Calypso

Circe

Medea

The Graeae/ The Moirai

Hecate

British Folklore

Jenny Greenteeth/Nelly Longarms/ Peg Powler

Black Annis

Allison Gross

Arthurian Legend 

Morgan le Fay

Nimue: The Lady of the Lake

Italian Folklore 

Aradia

La Befana

Celtic Mythology

Ceridwen

Slavic Folklore

Baba Yaga

American Folklore

The Bell Witch

📝Witches from Children’s Books📝 

Room on the Broom

Witch

Strega Nona

Strega Nona

Mother Goose

Mother Goose

📰Witches from Comic Series📰

Wendy the Good Little Witch

Wendy

X-Men/Avengers

Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

*denotes I was unable to complete their original post. I will be returning to these and adding a full analysis.

This list stems from my original project that I did for the 100 days before Halloween 2018. The nature of the project I discuss in my 1st post, which happened to be The Witch of Endor. I will be adding dozens other witches I did not get to in the initial 100 over time, and plan on producing a second series for male witches. Stay Tuned!

On the horizon

Bonnie Bennett (Vampire Diaries)

Witch of the Waste (Howl’s Moving Castle)

Mary Poppins

Louise Miller (Teen Witch)

[islecaptain-a]

Like for a starter from one of my Descendants girls!

Isle Residents:

Harriet Hook (Daughter of Captain Hook)

Diana Moors (Daughter of Diaval Moors)

Hermione Sinclair (Daughter of Helga Sinclair)

Freddie Facilier (Daughter of Doctor Facilier)

Adelinda Khalil (Daughter of Jafar’s Snake Staff)

Elektrasam (Daughter of Flotsam and Jetsam)

Miriam Mirror (Daughter of the Magic Mirror)

Ginny Gothel (Daughter of Mother Gothel)

Lyra Sanderson (Daughter of Sarah Sanderson)

Madeline Mim (Granddaughter of Madam Mim)

Skye Nottingham (Daughter of the Sheriff of Nottingham)

Lilith Gato (Daughter of Lucifer)

Claudine Frollo (Daughter of Claude Frollo)

Evie Grimhilde (Daughter of the Evil Queen)

Persephone (parent)

Auradon Residents:

Alissa Kingsleigh (Daughter of Alice)

Hannah Hightopp (Daughter of Tarrant Hightopp)

Jordan Genie (Daughter of the Genie)

Maggie DunBroch (Daughter of Merida and Young MacGuffin)

Ruby Fitzherbert (Daughter of Rapunzel and Eugene)

Maisy O’Malley (Daughter of Duchess and Thomas)

Astrid Bjorgman (Daughter of Anna and Kristoff)

Cornelia Fae (Daughter of Thumbelina and Cornelius)

Tiegan Bell (Daughter of Tinker Bell)

Eloise Charming (Daughter of Ella and Kit)

Isobelle Light (Daughter of Iridessa Light)

Disclaimer: Please specify who you’d like or you’ll be playing muse roulette and I take no responsibility for disappointment in wha muse you get lol

[purelysnow]

SNOW WHITE'S VERSES !

will be updated with more as time goes on.

𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 — to be added.

𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 — snow’s mother and father were very influential people in the capital. people adored their family and listened to their ideas and opinions wholeheartedly. when snow’s mother died, it rocked her father. though he still held his status, nothing was the same. not long after, he married a new woman, lilith grimhilde. though it was meant to be a perfect match, it fell quite short. soon after their union, snow’s father fell ill and died mysteriously, leaving little snow with her new step mother. life completely changed for the young girl. instead, she was dressed in rags from district 12, forced to do all of the cleaning and housework around their home. even with dirt on her skin and rags falling off of her body, snow was still deemed fairest of them all to all of the capital. this angered lilith. lilith decided to take matters into her own hands and hired someone to kill snow when she least expected it. instead of killing her, the huntsman gave her pity and allowed her to run away - far away from the capital and out of lilith’s vision. it was days before snow decided to stop her journey in district 12, deciding that this could be as far away from lilith as possible. now, she lives in a house with seven other people. she sings in hidden bars to earn extra money for sustainability. still as nice as could be, though.

𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐔𝐏𝐎𝐍 𝐀 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 — deriving from canon once upon a time, this verse is set in season one. snow white is known as mary margaret blanchard and is an elementary school teacher. she is quite shy outside of the classroom, and resides a lot of her time with her head stuck in a book. really does not like regina (the evil queen) - she doesn’t understand why regina doesn’t like her. doesn’t agree with her on many aspects.

[100witches]

13-Grimhilde, The Evil Queen

13- Queen Grimhilde, The Evil Queen

Magic mirror on the wall, who’s the baddest bitch of them all?

I’ve said it before and I’ll certainly say it again, but perhaps no witch in my series is as iconic as the Evil Queen. Popularized by Disney’s 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, our dear Grimhilde has her roots in the original telling of Snow White recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Both interpretations of her character convey similar archetypes of powerful female rulers who’s obsessions and vanity drive her to the dark arts, leading to her eventual demise.

Regardless of variations between the Disney and Grimm portrayals of her character, the Evil Queen’s story is often quite similar. She is the stepmother/mother to Snow White, and detests her for her youthfulness and beauty. The Queen’s rise to power is through the death of her husband, the King, although sometimes she is his second wife. Either way, she becomes an autonomous female ruler of the kingdom, and in that way shares the ranks of other witches who hold similar political sovereignty (Maleficent #81, The Wicked Witch of the West #20, etc.). It is her independence, power, and freedom that is truly conceived of as a threat.

The most pertinent aspect of her character for my series, in the Disney version, is her dual-faced nature. The Evil Queen, through incantations and witchcraft, disguises herself as the stereotypical hag witch. This juxtaposition is reminiscent of the Hag/Vixen dichotomy mentioned throughout this series (Sanderson Sisters #25, Madam Mim #42, Ursula #58, etc.), however for Grimhilde the Vixen archetype is replaced with a different kind of femme fatale, a somewhat Artemesian, stoic, and strong-willed “virago”. The Evil Queen does not fit into the Maiden/Crone dichotomy, and is certainly not a Mother/Crone. She is given her own archetype, that of an evil Stepmother, a darker depiction of motherhood, womanhood, and femininity. Grimhilde’s detestation of Snow White (the Maiden) is illustrative of mainstream culture’s obsession with youth and the marginalization of aging. Grimhilde doesn’t yearn for Snow White’s youth alone, we all do. While this caricature is certainly offensive, Grimhilde’s “geminine” quality of both Evil-Mother and Evil-Hag is truly one that is altogether unrivaled.

The Evil Queen is inundated with allegory and iconography. Aside from her notorious “familiar”, the magic mirror, and her witch-self’s familiars, the two vultures, her most familiar symbol is unquestioningly that damned apple. Grimhilde uses the poisoned apple to take out Snow White, and it has become synonymous with the Evil Queen, poison, and villainy ever since. This red delicious instrument of destruction is certainly not unique to Grimhilde, however, and predates her by centuries. Several witches in my series stand in the orchard of feminine manipulation alongside of Grimhilde, all unified by this symbol of knowledge, death, power, and life. Morgan le Fay (#85) and her Isle of Apples (Avalon) is just one example of this trope, with perhaps the best known being the original Evil Queen of Apples, our sacred and beloved Lilith (#93) the primordial impetus of this theme.  

With generations of stereotypes, patriarchy, and abhorrence against her, the Evil Queen has managed to, against all odds, stay on top. She remains one of the preeminent villains in Disney’s pantheon, inspiring both terror and admiration. Like several witches in my series, Grimhilde finally has received contemporary interpretations and a modern lens which have provided her with redemptive character arcs and sympathetic examinations. The most fascinating, for me, is her portrayal as Regina Mills in ABC’s Once Upon A Time. Lana Parrilla’s phenomenal acting sheds much needed humanity into the Evil Queen, and is certainly worthy of a post of her own (which I can foresee happening after this initial 100). The Evil Queen as Regina Mills is illustrative of how every “evil” witch has a different story to tell, and once you get to know her, is not nearly as evil as we are lead to believe.

The Evil Queen is certainly a witch I wish to revisit. There are layers upon layers to her archetypical significance, and I have only scratched the surface. While scrying into her mirror, Grimhilde raises the mirror back to us. We see our own reflections in her, and are challenged by our notions of vanity, our fetishization of power, and our inability to properly cope with feminine power and autonomy. Outside of Disney, the Evil Queen met her death through torture by Snow White, who killed her by placing scorching hot iron shoes on her feet. This has been seen as some as allegorical for the Germanic mythos surrounding methods for killing witches using iron, and the idea that, upon burning a witch, her power would cease to influence. Inside of Disney, while her death is less grotesque, she nevertheless meets an untimely fate. If we learn anything from Disney, it’s that royal Purple is the harbinger of malevolent witchcraft and the dress code for the antagonist. All animated Disney Witches in my series are depicted in this color (Ursula, Madam Mim, Maleficent) so it will certainly be my go-to color going forward if I can break from my black.

I have often wondered if the Evil Queen is perhaps more like Game of Thrones’ Melisandre (#96) than we are lead to believe. The standard portrayal is that Grimhilde’s true form is that of the severe woman, with the old witch her magically assumed identity. Her characteristics certainly raise the possibility that the old witch is her true form, like Melisandre, and her younger self is the projection and creation of glamour magic. This could certainly be the case, as she too is often/always shown with a glowing red pendent around her neck. Whatever her intrinsic nature, Grimhilde has intrinsic worth, regardless of if she is the Crone, Mother, or Stepmother. Interestingly, as Stepmother, some have noted a connection to the Welsh Ceridwen (#56), whom is described as “the quintessential evil stepmother”, another witch and woman I absolutely idolize. Long Live The Queen.