Talk:Sea witch

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Major problem[edit]

This article does not adequately distinguish folkloric "sea witches" with modern day persons who might self-identify as such. 19:24, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

This article is a bit absurd, I get the impression the author thinks 'Sea Witches' are a real thing. The knotted rope sounds like an superstitious old wives tale (e.g. knocking on wood), I don't think many people who performed would have identified as a witch. Do a search on The Inquisition or Salem Witch Trials, calling yourself a witch was a pretty dangerous thing a few centuries ago. Some of the descriptions also seem to fit with Sirens, and other mythological sea creatures, I don't thing any of those myths are linked to witchcraft. Weren't the Sirens daughters of Posieden/Neptune in Greco-Roman Myth. That would make them either gods or demi-gods, not witches. One more thing, I wouldn't call The Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid a contemporary character. The character of Ursula, and the Disney Film as a whole is contemporary, but it's based on a Hans Christian Anderson Fairytale written over 150 years ago. I'm willing to bet that most people who come to this page are looking for information on the character, that's actually why I came here, to my knowledge I've only heard the words 'Sea Witch' used in some kind of relation to The Little Mermaid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.63.200.22 (talk) 01:52, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The people who bought the ropes probably called the purveyor a sea witch (if not to her face). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.106.165 (talk) 17:03, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article is Nonsense without a Single Reliable Source[edit]

This article does not contain a single reliable source, which makes sense because t's completely fabricated nonsense. Anyone who bothers to check these sources and attempts to find a decent source for the article will find the same. I've attempted to solve this issue by way just redirecting it to Witchcraft—the logical thing to do—but this has now been reverted by no less than three users, three users who I can only assume haven't bothered to take a look at what they were reverting. Enjoy this first rate source restored by no less than three wise editors as a sample: [1]. Here's another: [2] Seriously, folks, how on earth can you restore this outright bullshit and claim that you're assisting in building a trustworthy encyclopedia? :bloodofox: (talk) 22:19, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No Reliable Sources[edit]

This article lacks a single reliable source and it reads like someone's fantasy fiction. If no reliable sources can be produced, it should simply be redirect to witch. :bloodofox: (talk) 04:08, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Verifiable[edit]

I agree with previous commenters that this page should be deleted or made a redirect. I can’t find anything to back up sea witches being from folklore. This page is mostly Wiccan and New Age stuff pulled from websites, namely [3]. I found a source for the wind-summoning knots in old legends about Nordic sorcerers, but it is NOT associated with the term “sea witch.” (Writing Witch-Hunt Histories: Challenging the Paradigm, edited by Marko Nenonen, Raisa Maria Toivo, p. 150 [4]) Also, the characters mentioned on this page are all witches connected to the ocean, but many of them are never canonically called “sea witches” either. This is a flimsy basis for an article. Sgallison (talk) 01:11, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Witchcraft or disambiguation[edit]

I changed it to redirect to the disambiguation page Sea Witch but this was reverted back to Witchcraft. Any reason for this? If we do keep the redirect to Witchcraft we should add a {{Redirect}} to Sea Witch on Witchcraft -Cake~talk 13:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]