Classification of witches

Witches are women who can communicate with ghosts and gods, use voodoo and astrology, and claim to be possessed by ghosts and gods for a living. In the villages of primitive society, with the help of the divine power of nature or the power possessed by gods, the professionals who pray for people to exorcise evil spirits and treat diseases are usually older women, similar to Japanese witches. Is a woman who uses western astrology or mysticism to predict good or bad luck, pray and cast spells. Witch, also called Shiva in ancient times. Witches are regarded as practitioners of feudal superstition, pretending to be possessed by ghosts and gods.

Broadly speaking, it refers to women who use magic, chanting and witchcraft. More common in western fairy tales, mostly in the image of an old woman with a hooked nose. She looks extremely ugly in a black cloak. She likes to mumble. She cooked lizards, bats, spiders, poisonous snakes and other ingredients in a large pot to make thick soup. This impression is generally believed to have been stereotyped in the history of witch hunting.

In addition, there are priestesses in northeast shamanism who are responsible for jumping.

Witch doctors also belong to this category. Among the ethnic minorities in southwest China, there are witch doctors who have the ability to treat diseases, such as Jin Ya of Zhuang nationality, commonly known as forbidden women.