Some authorities regard Medea as a lunar divinity, but the ancient conception of her as a Thessalian sorceress is probably correct.
It is significant that Saul in his last unavailing struggle against the overwhelming forces of the Philistines sought through the medium of a sorceress for an interview with the deceased prophet Samuel.
The good sorceress will be greatly shocked, I know.
Didn't the great sorceress give you another box?
This was reflected in The Lord of the Rings when Boromir expresses apprehension about the Golden Wood of Lothlorien, followed by Eomer's superstitious comment that a "Lady of the Wood" lives there, and is a sorceress.