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Many people probably have bad images toward witches. In Grimm’s Fairy Tales, there are a lot of stories in which various witches appear and one of them is “Hansel and Gretel”. The witch who appears in the story is particularly ugly descriptions. The Brothes Grimm were born near the witch hunting age, so Grimm’s Fairy Tales seems to be influenced by it. However, all witches aren’t necessarily old women and ugly figures. Therefore, I will explore the relation between witches who appear in Grimm’s Fairy Tales and witch hunting.