From ancient Greece through Puritan New England, witches functioned as easy targets for cultural anxieties about gender, power and mortality. Ancient witches: gender and power. While modern witchcraft ...

“Most ancient Pagans did not use the term Pagan themselves or see themselves as belonging to a distinct group,” says Edward Watts, professor of history at the University of California, San Diego.

The Ancient Burying Ground Association is holding a “Witchcraft Panic in Colonial Connecticut” tours, according to a press release.