There might also be some overlap with the Wicked Stepmother and the Evil Matriarch however, royalty tends to be beautiful. It's likely that every witch in existence will be this trope in a setting where Magic Is Evil. Turning people into animals seems to be a favorite, as far as curses go. They are also especially prone to throwing around Curses at people they don't like or really just anyone that happens to cross their path. A good witch might brew a potion to make your laundry smell nice, but a wicked one might brew a potion with a Dead Man's Toe to give you hives. Powers: While a good witch tends to be an earthy nature child, the bad version practices Black Magic and The Dark Arts and probably trucks with the devil or some other power of evil.However, if her beauty is the reason for her evil, she's probably a Vain Sorceress.
In fact, if they hit any of the evil appearance tropes you'll want to watch out. Appearance: Because Beauty Equals Goodness and Evil Makes You Ugly, an evil witch tends to be old and wrinkly, perhaps with warts and a Sinister Schnoz or Thin Chin of Sin, and maybe even green or sallow skin, or unhealthy pale skin.Still there are some red flags to watch out for to decide if the witch you're dealing with is good or may in fact be wicked. A lot of the trappings of a wicked witch are shared by her good or neutral counterpart the Witch Classic, such as Broomstick riding and wearing pointy hats. It used to be that just about every witch was wicked, and if a non-evil female magic user appeared in folklore, she'd be referred to with a term like "sorceress" or "fairy godmother" instead, but in modern times that's not always the case. The wicked witch archetype is a classic staple of Fairytales everywhere. Welcome to the dark side of the classic witch, step lightly or you may get eaten.
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