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==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
From at least the time of the Renaissance, witches have been a popular topic for music, literature, and theater. In the modern era, many movies and television shows have been made about witches and witchcraft, often portraying them in a sympathetic light. | From at least the time of the Renaissance, witches have been a popular topic for music, literature, and theater. In the modern era, many movies and television shows have been made about witches and [[witchcraft]], often portraying them in a sympathetic light. | ||
In the 1968 film ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'', a young housewife is raped by [[the Devil]] at the behest of her husband and a coven of evil witches through a [[sex magic|sex ritual]] intended to bring about the birth of the [[Antichrist]]. | |||
The 2015 film ''[[The Witch]]'', set in 1630s New England, follows a Puritan family who encounter forces of evil in the woods beyond their farm in the form of a witch of the woods. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||