can someone tell me about witches? plz help me

Since I cant paste the whole article, please see the article as the follow link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft

Summary:

A witch (from Old English masculine wicca, feminine wicce, see Witch (etymology)) is a practitioner of witchcraft. While mythological witches are often supernatural creatures, historically many people have been accused of witchcraft, or have claimed to be witches. Witchcraft still exists in a number of belief systems, and indeed there are many today who self-identify with the term "witch" (see below, under Neopaganism).

While the term "witchcraft" can have positive or negative connotations depending on cultural context (for instance, in post-Christian European cultures it has historically been associated with evil and the Devil), most contemporary people who self-identify as witches see it as beneficent and morally positive.

The majority of Europeans historically accused of witchcraft were women,[1][2] and in legends and popular culture the stereotype is female; however males were also often referred to as witches.[3]