I was researching the real history behind Yennefer and stumbled across something that completely changed how I see The Witcher. Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948. His grandparents were alive when the last woman was executed for witchcraft in Poland. That's not ancient history — that's family memory.
And here's what got me: the word "Wiedźmin" — the original Polish title — is the male form of "Wiedźma", which means witch. Sapkowski literally named his hero after the women they burned.
Did anyone else know this? And do you think Sapkowski intentionally built this history into Yennefer's character, or is it coincidence?
u/Brave_Addendum_9262 — 6 days ago