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Contrast [[Cute Witch]], [[Hot Witch]] and [[Determined Widow]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Syaoran's [[Hot Mom]] Yelan in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' is this.
 
== [[Board Games]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Practical Magic]]'' has [[Sandra Bullock]] playing the part of a Widow Witch... same curse as below.
* In ''[[EvesEve's Bayou]]'', Mozelle is a fortuneteller and hoodoo practitioner whose husbands have a tendency of dying. {{spoiler|This isn't always the result of a curse, however. One husband was murdered by her secret lover when they fought over her}}.
 
== [[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 (Literature)/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.
* In John Updike's ''[[The Witches of Eastwick]],'' the women of the village of Eastwick only gain powers after their husbands/significant others either die or divorce them.
* In ''[[Sweet Valley High|Sweet Valley Twins]]'' #3 The Haunted House they think a witch lives in the neighborhood who keeps her husband chained up in the attic.
* Another series for young girls is ''Babysitters Little Sister'', spin off to ''[[The BabysittersBaby Sitters Club]]'' where in the first book, ''Karen's Witch'', she is sure that the neighbor, Mrs. Porter, who dresses all in black is a witch. It's never stated what her marital status is but the girl never considers that the black might be for mourning, not being wicked. {{spoiler|In fact, Mrs. Porter is actually very kind, hosting a Halloween party for the neighborhood kids, and letting Karen pick a goldfish out of her pond.}}
 
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[El Chavo Del 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 (TV)|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 (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is a good witch (mostly) who look the part
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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