This woodcut shows witches casting a spell to cause rain. From De Lamiis et Phitonicis Mulieribus, written by Ulrich Molitor in 1489. (Charles Walker Collection/Alamy Stock Photo) There was also a ...

An Oscar winner who’s notably portrayed a witch twice in her big screen ... without mentioning maybe the most famous wizard in all of literary history, who made his major motion picture ...

As such, let’s take a look at famous actors who’ve given us that by playing a wizard, witch or magician in some popular movies.

Were some of Ireland’s most powerful and notorious women really witches? Or were they victims of their own success, falling foul of the jealous and fearful? Let’s take a look at three of the ...