Puella Magi Fairytale Magica WITCHES

These are all of the witches featured in the Puella Magi Fairytale Magica series.

Gertrud
Type: Rose Garden Witch

Nature: Distrustful

Featured: Episode 1 (Flashback)

The rose garden witch with a distrustful nature. She holds roses dearer than anything else. She expends all of her power for the sake of beautiful roses. Despite stealing the life-force of humans who wander into her barrier to give to her roses, she loathes the thought of them trampling the inside of her barrier.

Notes
 * Gertrud's name could be derived from either St Gertrude of Nivelles, who in Catholic Tradition was the patron saint of herbalists and gardeners, Queen Gertrude from Hamlet, which was a play by Shakespeare or Gertrude Jekyll, who was a British Horticulturist

H.N Elly (Kirsten)
Type: Box Witch Nature: Covetous

Featured: Episode 1 (Flashback) The box witch with a covetous nature. She is a staunchly reclusive witch. Anything she covets she locks away within glass. The thoughts of her prisoners are laid bare, but one can strike her without thought without problems.

Notes
 * Elly's name could be derived from either the name for Dorothy in the Russian version of the Wizard Of Oz or the character Eri Mizutani from the Japanese video game The Idolmaster Dearly Stars, who also went by the name ELLIE.
 * H.N in Japan means Handle Name as Kirsten could be her true name.

Charlotte (ALSO A KNOWN PUELLA MAGI WITCH)
Witch Of: Nagisa Momoe

Type: Sweets Witch

Nature: Tenacity

Featured: Episode 1 (Flashback)

The witch of sweets. Her nature is tenacity. She desires everything. She will never give up. Though she is capable of creating infinite amounts of any dessert she desires, she is unable to make the cheese that she loves most. One could easily catch her off-guard with a piece of cheese.

Notes
 * Charlotte is a type of dessert.
 * Charlotte could be a reference to Charlotte Buff, a German Goethe.

Elsa Maria
Type: Shadow Witch

Nature: Self Righteousness

Featured: Episode 1 (Flashback)

The witch of shadow with a self-righteous nature. She continually prays for all of creation and drags all life equally into her shadow without breaking her posture. One hoping to defeat her must know the blackest anguish.

Notes
 * Elsa Maria is named after Elsa Asenijeff, who was an Austrian writer who fell mercy of her husband, eventually divorced and was isolated from her loved ones before being admitted to a psychiatric clinic

Albertine
Type: Scribbling Witch

Nature: Ignorance

Featured: Episode 1 (Flashback)

The scribbling witch with an ignorant nature. She loves Hide and Seek. However, because none of her minions are very intelligent, none of them seek her out.

Notes
 * Albertine could be named either after Charlotte Albertine Von Stein, a German Goethe or Therese Albertine Luise Robinson, a German-American Author and Translator

Victor Von Fos
Type: Electricity Witch

Nature: Grimacing

Featured: Episode 2 The electricity witch with a grimacing nature. It's disturbing smile and eager pleas of powering wires and powerlines makes this witch menacingly joyful. But if one tries to get away, he will commence his sinister attack.

Notes
 * Victor Von Fos name is derived from Victor Von and Fos. Victor Von is a reference to Victor Frankenstein, a fictional Italian-Swiss scientist and the main character of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.

Cardinal Hosono
Type: Sinking Fear Witch

Nature: Eerie

Featured: Episode 4

The sinking fear witch with an eerie nature. He had sunken into the bottomless pits of the underworld as a sin. All the while waiting for his cowardly self to slip into the darkness with him.

Notes
 * Cardinal Hosono is derived from Cardinal and Hosono. A Cardinal is a leading dignitary of a Catholic Church. While Hosono is a reference to Masabumi Hosono, a Japanese civil servant most well known for being the only Japanese passenger on the Titanic, who survived the sinking but was left condemned and ostracised by society

Dymphna
Type: Therapist Witch

Nature: Craving

Featured: Episode 6

The therapists witch with a craving nature. He lives as an outcast just looking for a friend. He wants his victims to stay in his barrier forever, or else he will unleash his power and begin the slaughtering of them.

Notes
 * Dymphna is a reference to Saint Dymphna who was an Irish saint and is claimed the patron saint of Mental Health, who was eventually beheaded and murdered by her father for refusing to come back to her old country after spending some of her life in Belgium.

Woolf
Type: Literature Witch

Nature: Ridiculing

Featured: Episode 8

The witch of literature with a ridiculing nature. She was punished to perform for eternity for her actions of humiliation. Without a clue, she will always laugh at those suffering as what she does not know, she has already been diminished and humiliated herself.

Notes
 * Woolf is a reference to Virginia Woolf. A British Author who had numerous mental breakdowns and mental health problems throughout her life and eventually committed suicide.

Angelicgogh
Type: Painting Witch

Nature: Psychotic

Featured: Episode 10

The witch of painting with a psychotic nature. After suffering a horrendous breakdown, this witch couldn't contain her insanity any longer. She releases maniacal cries and screams whenever someone tries to escape her paint or destroys it and begins viciously attacking.

Notes
 * Angelicgoghs' name deprives from Angelica and Gogh. Angelica is a reference to Angelica Schuyler, and American Socialite who is most well known being the eldest daughter of Phillip Schuyler and the sister in law of Alexander Hamilton, who was believed to have gone mad after the death of her brother. Gogh is a reference to Vincent Van Gogh. A Dutch painter who also had problems with his mental health.

Stinney
Type: Prisoner Witch

Nature: Begging

Featured: Episode 12

The prisoner witch with a begging nature. He was wrongfully accused of his actions that he never committed and was sent away to be forgotten and to rot. All he can do is cry and beg for mercy and to be free. Always and only he says "I don't understand." and "Please let me go." But no one listens.

Notes
 * This is the only witch in the entire series that can speak. In the english dub he is voiced by John Hasler (The same ENG VA for Trafalgar/Tairiku Wamaru) and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka in the Japanese dub (The same JP VA for Evil Earl/Ezumi Wachoneri)
 * Stinney is a reference to George Stinney Jr. An African-American boy who was wrongfully accused of the murder of two white girls aged 7 to 11. He is the youngest person to be sentenced to death and executed in America.

Chino
Type: Firearm Witch

Nature: Malevolent

Featured: Episode 14

The firearm witch with a malevolent nature. He always sees the wrong side of people and will take no chances to hate and hurt. He hates anyone who comes into his barrier with no question and will fire bullets of hatred and despair at those who come across to him as malicious or idiotic.

Notes
 * Chino is a reference to the character by the same name in the 1957 musical West Side Story, who shot and killed the main character Tony over the death of Maria's brother Bernando.

Kriemhild Gretchen
Witch Of: Madoka Kaname

Type: Salvation Witch

Nature: Mercy

Witch of salvation. Her nature is mercy. She absorbs any life on the planet into her newly created heaven--her barrier. The only way to defeat this witch is to make the world free of misfortune. If there's no grief in this world, she will believe this world is already a heaven.

Notes
 * Kriemhild Gretchen's name is derived from Kriemhild and Gretchen. Kriemhild is a figure in Norse Mythology and is an important character in the epic German poem Nibelungenlied. Gretchen is the name of Faust's lover in the Goethe poem Faust. Faust is also one of the important references in the Madoka anime.

Homulilly
Witch Of: Homura Akemi

Type: Nutcracker Witch

Nature: Self-Sufficent The Nutcracker Witch. Its nature is self-sufficiency. Its gallant form, which once split many nuts, is now useless. Without any other purpose, this witch's last wish is her own execution. However, a mere decapitation will not clear away the witch's sins. This foolish witch will forever remain in this realm, repeating the procession to her execution.

Notes
 * Homulilly is derive from the words Homu and Lily. Homu is the nickname for Homura Akemi used by Inu Curry. Lily is a reference to a red spider lily, which can represent death.

Candeloro
Witch Of: Mami Tomoe

Type: Dress-up Witch

Nature: Inviting

The witch of dress-up. She has an inviting nature. A kind-hearted witch who dreams of ideal things. This witch can't stand being lonely, and never lets visitors to her barrier escape.

Notes
 * Candeloro could be a reference to Yolande De Polastron. A member of Marie Antoinette's court who was greatly famed for her beauty.
 * Candeloro is an Italian name for masculinity. The feminine version of Candeloro would be Candelora.

Ophelia
Witch Of: Kyoko Sakura

Type: Wǔdàn Witch

Nature: Abandonment

The witch of wǔdàn. Her nature is abandonment. A witch who eternally wanders with hollow footsteps within the fog. She can no longer remember what the horse that always accompanies her was.

Notes
 * Ophelia could be a reference to either the greek word for "help" or Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Who after Hamlet's actions, went mad and lead to her death by drowning.

Oktavia Von Seckendorff
Witch Of: Sayaka Miki

Type: Mermaid Witch

Nature: Falling In Love

The mermaid witch; it is in her nature to fall in love. Looking for the feeling that moved her so long ago, she moves with the entire concert hall. Her fortune only turns under the weight of memories and no longer moves toward the future. Nothing will reach her any longer. She will come to know nothing more. She simply allows no one to disturb her minions' playing.

Notes
 * Oktavia Von Seckendorff is a reference to Karl Siegmund Von Seckendorff, a German poet inspired by Goethe.

Tulipkathi
Witch Of: Jeremiah (Jaki Gaia)

Type: Golem Witch

Nature: Overlooking

The Golem Witch with an overlooking nature. No matter who the person is or what they are doing, the witch always jumps to conclusions and jumps straight to battle with his unspeakable heights and power. He stomps on those who come towards him and makes sure they suffer in their own blood.

Notes
 * Tulipkathi is a reference to Prince Tulip. The main antagonist of the 1974 Japanese adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk Jakku To Mame No Ki
 * Tulipkathi also has a few mannerisms similar to the Jack and the Beanstalk Story. When a victim comes passing through his barrier, he reacts quickly and tries to kill the victim. This could be a reference to when Jack was in the Beanstalk realm but was soon caught by the giant and threatened to kill Jack because of it.

Earhart
Witch Of: Fury (Fuari Fubuna)Type: Aircraft Witch

Nature: Sarcastic

The Aircraft Witch with a sarcastic nature. Always looking down over her barrier preying on the victims. She never comes down as she flies for all eternity. But she isn't as innocent as others think...

Notes
 * Earhart is a reference to Amelia Earhart. An American Pioneer and Aviator who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean and was never seen or found again.

Severallorona
Witch Of: Trafalgar (Tairiku Wamaru)

Type: Mist Witch

Nature: Grieving

The Mist Witch with a grieving nature. Longing for his child to come back to him, he continuously cries shadows of tears as he feels like he has been betrayed or his life stolen. He doesn't want anyone near him, and if they do he will strike, because all he wants is his child.

Notes
 * Severallorona is a reference to La Llorona, an urban legend from Latin American mythology that involves a woman who continuously cries and wails for her loved ones. La Llorona is translated to "The weeping woman" from Spanish to English.
 * Severallorona also has similarities to Mac Lir. A warrior from Irish mythology, who when he lost his loved ones was heartbroken and cried large tears to form the ocean.

Hydrogladio
Witch Of: Evil Earl (Ezumi Wachoneri)

Type: Three Minded Witch

Nature: Multiple Personality

The three minded witch. His nature is multiple personality. Three heads three emotions, joy, sadness and anger. However, what these three minds are hiding is reality. All three of them hate each other and themselves. But sadly, they all cannot express themselves properly as their minds and lives are physically and mentally captivated.

Notes
 * The name is derived from the words Hydra and Glaive. Hydra is a mythical creature from