Sorceress
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A sorceress is a female practitioner of sorcery. Other uses include:
Film
Sorceress (1982 film), a fantasy film directed by Jack Hill
Sorceress (1987 film) released in France as Le Moine et la sorcière (The Monk and the Witch), about a Dominican Inquisitor who prosecutes a herbal medicine healer as a witch
Sorceress (1995 film), a fantasy film directed by Jim Wynorski
Literature
Sorceress (fantasy) or magician, a type of fictional character
The Sorceress (play), an 1878 play by Abraham Goldfaden
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, a 2009 novel by Michael Scott
Music
The Sorceress (opera) or The Enchantress, an 1887 opera by Tchaikovsky
Sorceress (Opeth album), 2016
Sorceress (Jess Williamson album), 2020
Other uses
The Sorceress (Waterhouse), a c.
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