Thread:AustinDR/@comment-1762629-20150123032931/@comment-2059440-20150123052922

in the medieval mindset at least witches were symbols of evil much like trolls and giants before them in folklore, they were how people explained the horrors of life and also (sorry to say) were used to enforce a lot of stereotypes about the "unknown".

witches tended towards being evil because the literally existed to be that way.. as with all things variants exist : Baba Yaga for example is neither good nor evil, she varies on a whim.