Question:
Witches and Wizards..?
liz
2011-03-09 16:50:27 UTC
So.. I need this for a project but I cant seem to find the info anywhere!
I need to find a detailed description of the physical features and the clothes that Witches and Wizards wear.. It may be dumb but I need it.. Any help?
Five answers:
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2011-03-09 17:11:30 UTC
I will give you a run down of the most stereotypical visual traits for both witches and wizards in modern perceptions of folklore and fairytale, you should be able to use these.



Wizards almost always wear flowing robes, often presented blue in colour, but they can be any colour, while witches are often portrayed as wearing solemn black dresses and pointy boots. Wizards and witches both often wear conical, wide-brimmed hats, that sometimes point straight up but can also be floppy. Sometimes wizards have some kind of a pattern on their clothing, often of a cosmic theme (planets and stars.) Wizards sometimes wear spectacles.



Wizards usually carry a staff or wand, witches can carry either as well, but may just carry a flying broomstick instead. Both witches and wizards can have familiars, which are animal companions such as an owl or toad, for witches it is almost always a black cat, which symbolizes bad luck. Witches and wizards can make magic potions, and witches are often seen being near a large cauldron where they brew them. Wizards may carry around or have a large library of spellbooks and magic scrolls. Either might also have a crystal ball to look into the future, into the past, or spy on people and just see far away events.



Both are seen as old, perhaps to reflect a wizened and knowledgeable image for them, but for witches it may be for more of a scary "hag" image, and witches can be very ugly as well, complete with pointy noses and chins, and facial warts. Sometimes witches are given green skin as well, for some reason. Old wizards almost always have grey or white beards, that can be very long, perhaps to again reflect the idea of age and wisdom.



Hopefully that helps.
Ma'iingan
2011-03-09 17:41:25 UTC
Now is this about fictional Witches or real Witches?

In all, TOTAL honesty...Witches, real Witches, don't have any tell-tale dress or physical features. I can almost guarantee that at least one person you've walked past in your entire life has been a Witch, and you didn't even know it. That proves my point above. Witches are regular people. They don't have warts, green skin, hunched backs, wear black clothing, etc. Witches look as normal as anyone else in the world.



For fictional Witches, all you need do is watch any Disney movie or read any Brother's Grimm book that contains a Witch. That's the best description of fictional witches.
svengo42
2011-03-09 16:58:07 UTC
You can try googling Witches and Wizards. Also look up under the google images for what people believe they look like. I think it really all just depends on who is giving the description. But here are two links i found. Maybe they help?
wtdees06
2011-03-09 19:01:27 UTC
Witches and Wizards wear whatever the fashion of the day is. In the middle ages they wore robes because everyone else did. Today, we wear jeans and t-shirts if we want to. There's really no required dress-code.
Day Dreamer
2011-03-09 17:44:44 UTC
it kind of depends on if your talking modern day or Mythical witches and wizards

a lot of practicing witches and wizards of our time dress and look just like any of us, you could be sitting next to one on the bus and never know it, if your talking like disney witches and wizards then the other answers have it covered :)


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