witchcraft

Summary

witchcraft ranks in the top 0.32% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,272 views/month, #247 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• witchcraft is a type of superstition^[2].
• witchcraft is a type of magic^[3].
• witchcraft is a type of belief^[4].
• witchcraft is a type of intentional human activity^[5].
• witchcraft is a type of religious crime^[6].
• witchcraft's Commons category is recorded as Witchcraft^[7].
• witchcraft's said to be the same as is recorded as siḥr^[8].
• witchcraft's said to be the same as is recorded as spell^[9].
• witchcraft's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Witchcraft^[10].
• witchcraft's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[11].
• witchcraft's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• witchcraft's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[13].
• witchcraft's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• witchcraft's practiced by is recorded as practitioner of witchcraft^[15].
• witchcraft's practiced by is recorded as witch^[16].
• witchcraft's practiced by is recorded as warlock^[17].
• witchcraft's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include superstition^[2], magic^[3], belief^[4], intentional human activity^[5], and religious crime^[6].

Why It Matters

witchcraft ranks in the top 0.32% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,272 views/month, #247 of 77,819).^[1] witchcraft has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] witchcraft is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]