3. Medea
Medea is an enchantress, a royal daughter in Greek Mythology who married Jason. Jason of the famous quest for the Golden Fleece, whom Medea helped go through all his tasks by giving advice and potions.
After Jason won the Golden Fleece he fled with Medea, the next one in our list of most famous fictional witches in mythology. But he then abandoned her to marry another princess, Glauce. Medea took revenge by sending Glauce a tunique dipped in poison. She also killed the children she had with Jason and fled in a golden chariot sent by her grandfather, the god Helios. From then on, the rest is history…