North Smithfield High School Library: The Witch: A New England Folktale

Black Phillip, Black Phillip

A crown grows out his head

Black Phillip, Black Phillip

To nanny queen is wed

Jump to the fence post

Running in the stall

Black Phillip, Black Phillip

King of all.

Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

King of sky and land.

Black Phillip, Black Phillip

King of sea and sand.

We are ye servants

We are ye men

Black Phillip eats the lions

From the lions’ den.

The Witch Script by Robert Eggers

The Witch: A Reading and Resource List 

Additional Historical Resources:

• The World Bewitch'd: Visions of Witchcraft from the Cornell Collections

Supplementary Materials:

• "The Witch: A New England Folktale" by Adam Nayman
• "New Englanders, Out of Their Minds" by Walter Metz
• "Theological Horror" by Kathryn Reklis
• "Witch' Works Dark Magic" by Justin Chang
• "Conjuring a Coven" by Mark Dillon
• "The Witch, the Goat and the Devil: A Discussion of Scapegoating and the Objectification of Evil in Robert Eggers' The Witch" by Alan Bernard McGill
• "'I am That Very Witch': On The Witch, Feminism, and Not Surviving Patriarchy" by Laurel Zwissler

Conjuring up the Witch

"Director Robert Eggers calls his first film "The Witch" a "Puritan nightmare." He discusses the film's historical origins and Lovecraftian aspirations."

Witches' Familiars: The Good, the Bad, and the Weird