TIL most of facts I learned about witches were myth

Today I found out that large proportion of witches were men. Only 25 percent of witches were accused. Number of killed witches through centuries is not in millions, but in thousands.

I would not be surprised that whole thing was blown out of proportion just to magnify how much men did attrocities to women in history.

source: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/eight-witchcraft-myths/

Myth 7: Witch-hunting was really women-hunting, since most witches were women

In England the majority of those accused were women. In other countries, including some of the Scandinavian countries, men were in a slight majority. Even in England, the idea of a male witch was perfectly feasible. Across Europe, in the years of witch persecution around 6,000 men – 10 to 15 per cent of the total – were executed for witchcraft.