Witches are spirits which can change themselves into the forms of many things, e.g. quadrupeds, snakes, and trees. A witch in action can be seen as a glowing lantern which at intervals sparks like a burning fire. A witch glows from midnight until early morning. A witch can glow on a tree on the edge of a town or even on a shady tree in the street of a town.

The art is not confined solely to women, but men also can practice it and such a man is called a wizard; and if two such wizards live in a town they can ruin this town, therefore wizards generally inhabit a town singly. A wizard in a town is the ‘chief’ of the witches of that town, and when they meet he assigns the night's duty to them. Children also are concerned in the art.