Name: Esmerelda Weatherwax
Book: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series
Esmerelda Weatherwax is the most powerful witch who ever lived on the
Discworld, and the most - reluctantly - moral. Although her powers
comprise true, almost wizardly magical ability, she prefers to do her
witchy work using only what she calls "headology", so a lot of people,
and some witches, mistake her for a fraud until it's too late. Her
headology
is so powerful that once, when a vampire bit her, the vampire found
itself craving a nice hot cup of tea
Granny is hardly an archetypal
witch:
she is quite handsome in a stern way, still is tall and slim, and to
her
eternal dismay has perfect teeth and not a single wart.
Her especial
talent
is Borrowing (sending her mind into birds, insects and other animals),
and her greatest achievement to date was to successfully Borrow an
entire
swarm of bees.
Definitely not a wicked witch.
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