Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the disntinctively Polish/Slavic legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany at first (along with limited witch hunts - polowania na czarownice, Hexenjagden), and the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre "Sarmatian" culture influenced by the Ottoman Empire: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the disntinctively Polish/Slavic legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany at first (along with limited witch hunts - polowania na czarownice, Hexenjagden), later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre "Sarmatian" culture influenced by the Ottoman Empire: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the disntinctively Polish/Slavic legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany at first (along with limited witch hunts - polowania na czarownice), later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre "Sarmatian" culture influenced by the Ottoman Empire: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the disntinctively Polish/Slavic legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre "Sarmatian" culture influenced by the Ottoman Empire: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the disntinctively Polish/Slavic legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany and the Vikings at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre "Sarmatian" culture influenced by the Ottoman Empire: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the disntinctively Polish/Slavic legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany and the Vikings at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre "Sarmatian" culture: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany and the Vikings at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre "Sarmatian" culture: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany and the Vikings at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the countryside nobility was instead into an Oriental-like bizarre weird "Sarmatian" culture: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany and the Vikings at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of Warsaw (the rural nobility instead were Oriental-like in bizarre weird "Sarmatian" culture: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany and the Vikings at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of the Polish high nobility (the lower nobility instead were Oriental-like in bizarre weird "Sarmatian" culture: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians).

Polish/Slavic mythology witches (wiedźmy) traditionally were pretty much just hags in the huts in deep woods. That's how they appear in the legends I know. Prominently, Baba Yaga (Baba Jaga).

I think sorceresses (very negative czarownice) is a foreign import, as is enchantresses (much more positive czarodziejki). Via Germany and the Vikings at first, later the French culture as it became the culture of the Polish high nobility (the low nobility instead were Oriental-like in bizarre weird "Sarmatian" culture: https://culture.pl/en/article/the-elegant-downfall-of-the-polish-sarmatians ).