She is 127 years old and thought to be kind and ambitious. The Little Witch is the main character of the story. She uses the books and brooms to make her own Walpurgis Night pyre.Ĭharacters The Little Witch But the Little Witch gets her revenge instead with casting a spell on the great witches and taking their spell books and brooms away therefore rendering them powerless. The council plans on punishing her with the chore to collect firewood for the Walpurgis Night pyre.

When she comes before the witch council again, to show what a good witch she has become, it becomes clear, that in their opinion a good witch has to be good at being evil. Over one year, the Little Witch tries her best to do good, help people in need, punish villains, save animals, she even makes new friends. As punishment the witches burn her broom but promise her, she will be allowed to participate at the next Walpurgis Night, if she has become a “Good Witch” until then. But one Walpurgis Night, when she tries to join the other witches without permission, she gets caught. Her biggest dream is to fly around the Blocksberg together with all the great witches. Together with her talking raven Abraxas, the Little Witch lives in a tiny warped house in the woods.

All editions include illustrations by Winnie Gebhardt-Gayler. Since then, the book has been translated into 47 different languages. The Little Witch is a children’s book written by Otfried Preußler, first published in 1957. JSTOR ( October 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.

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