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Black hats, cauldrons and broomsticks: the historic origins of witch iconography

By Mari Ellis Dunning, PhD Candidate, Languages and Literature, Aberystwyth University

Women in early modern Wales typically dressed in long skirts, large woollen shawls, and tall, black hats. Could they have inspired stereotypes of the witch?

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