Talk:Hexenbiest & Zauberbiest/@comment-28191176-20160908174200/@comment-64.26.116.245-20160908212414

I believe they are based on legends of witches.

Also, something I thought I'd mention, if you haven't seen Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, the evil witches in that movie all look like rotting corpses (but good or "white" witches looked completely normal), while the lead witch (portrayed by Famke Janssen) could temporarily look normal. So I don't know if there is a folktale basis for that, but there seems to be a connection of some kind.