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== [[Literature]] ==
* Nanny Ogg from the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels. She's had three husbands, "and that's only the official score." A jolly old woman with a lot of children, [[Really Gets Around|mostly by said husbands]], it's unlikely she did anything to get rid of them. (It's also not clear how many of them are dead. Sobriety Ogg is, but in ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', Death comments that witches are matrilinear because they find it easier to change men than change names, possibly suggesting the traditions of witchcraft include quickie divorces.)
* In ''Snow White and Rose Red'', by [[Patricia C. Wrede]], the Widow Arden fits this.
* In ''[[The Sun Witch]]'', the Fyne sisters are cursed so that their husbands die.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[El Chavo Deldel Ocho]]'', this is played with ''La bruja del 71'' ("The Witch from the [Apartment] 71"), whose [[Abhorrent Admirer|appearance]], antics and [[Deathbringer the Adorable|bad judgment on pet naming]] makes everyone in the neighborhood (especially the children) think she is a witch; however, she has been presented as an old spinster. Averted with Doña Florinda, who ''is'' a widow, only much younger and just bitchy.
* Grams of ''[[Charmed]]'' is a widow for at least her first husband, Alan, who died. She went through a few more husbands after that.
* Willow of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is a good witch (mostly) who look the part
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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