Because blonde is associated with fair maidens. Light equals good. Dark (black) equals evil. Red haired children are devil's child. (That's what they thought anyway)
The thing is there are no witches, when Shakespeare wrote about them in Macbeth most people did not believe in them.
It's like this throughout a lot of mythology and genres. Black and red are often "the bad guys". Why are sith lightsabers red, Lucas could have made red good and blue evil.
I suspect it originates with blood and darkness. We would have feared the dark and seen blood as a warning.
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Darker hair just seems more evil rather than blonde hair and the only time I can see blonde as evil is if you find the head cheerleader of a highschool and she's a mean blonde, that's as far as it goes with this, blonde is just not a very evil look...
As for the orange hair it is because of the saying that goes that ginger don't have a heart and soul so that's why it's incorporated into them...
Because black hair and eyes are associated with evilish, satin etc..
Angels are associated with blond or beown hair and blue ir green eyes..
Lots of men like bad girls, satanic girls since they claim wanting to have sex with that instead of an angel.
I never really noticed... I practice witchcraft myself and I have auburn hair... But I think red hair is more unique and stands out, while black gives that mystery... And that what they expect from witches in media
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It comes from the middle ages, I think
Witchcraft was nothing but outing the odd, rebellious one out. People get scarred of things they don't know about. In western regions black & red are a rarity in hair colours. Women with those hair must have been rare in ancient times. So people got scared and associated them with witchcraft. The mythologies couldn't help but relate red with fire and black with darkness. And people kept following the stereotypes for a long time.
Caused from 2 things
Woman with red hair got burned in the past because the people believed they are bonded with the devil or something...
The other is... only blonde hair is good at far right surpreme (which represent the system), so all other colours are bad or evilDark hair because dark is mysterious and mysterious can be evil
Red hair because gingers have no soul and are totally evil so speaketh the Cartman
It doesn't only apply to witches in movies and tv shows
Not so often the blondes are the antagonists particularly not female blondesI've heard gingers can see in your soul and are witches and demons. Also found out Lilith was a redhead so I get the stories I've heard over the years. And honestly ginger witches usually are cuter so maybe that's why as well or to further portray that idea gingers are evil and bizzare
The concept of witches as we know them originates from Central/Northern European paganism, I think. And in those areas people with black and red hair are more rare than other colours. So I guess the portrayal is supposed to make them appear more mysterious, and exotic.
Redheads have been frequently used as an evil scapegoat in films for whatever reason.
raven-haired is more symbolism than anything, representing dark intentions.Dark things are considered scary and mysterious, because you can't see in the dark. Therefore witchcraft is traditionally associated with black.
And gingers have no soul of courseBecause of the stereotype of Jewish women being witches. They often ethnically have black, dark brown or red hair.
There was a time when people dressed like that and with such hair color were burned alive because people really taught they were witches or something alike.
So like much movies/series, they are based on old myths ;)I can only really say what I know from a lot of Romanian folklore, wherein having orange hair was a sign that you had an attunement to evil forces like witchcraft or vampirism.
Because black/dark is associated with evil while lighter colors are associated with good.
pretty much the stereotype of blond = good, brunette= evil.
Because black symbolizes darkness and it's spooky blondes are angels
there were some blonde witches in supernatural that's evil. there's 2 blonde witch sisters on season 13 episode 12. i remember there were more in previous seasons but too long ago so i don't remember which season and episode for those lols.
Representing darkness and fire. Witches are known for being evil. (With a few exceptions like Harry Potter. Lots of nice witches there. lol)
Black is more of a dark mystery evil colour and you interpret them as more evil when wearing full black than a rainbow outfit
Witches are supposed to be dark creatures so their hair is dark too. Ginger because of the stereotype that they are soulless
Who has orange hair?
Black is equated with evil, and gingers have no soul so they make perfect witches, duh lol
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