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If the etymology of English witch is correct, a woman of occult or naturopathic knowledge who may have belonged to a priesthood. This is a transfer of the abilities healing, magic, fortune telling of the goddess Freya and comparable goddesses in other regions to their priestesses, who in the early Christian environment continued to act in the usual way for a long time. With the advance of Christianity, pagan teachings and their followers were demonized.Incidentally, the concept of belief in witches is ambiguous. It not only describes the conviction of the real and threatening existence of witches, as it was rooted in popular belief and could increase as a reaction of the authorities to the witch craze. In addition, he can today describe the natural religious beliefs that refer to a pre-Christian understanding and call certain people of both sexes, who supposedly have special skills and knowledge, as witches.