Laura Willowes
Laura Willowes, dubbed Aunt Lolly by her family, is the titular protagonist of Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes. After years of being patronised by her relatives, she escapes for the country, a village of Great Mop in the Chiltern Hills, where she discovers her true calling as a witch.
There, upon encountering the Devil, she makes a compact with Him. She is thus presented a familiar in the form of a kitten, which she names Vinegar. Soon after, too, she is introduced into the folds of a local coven.
Some of the family, particularily her nephew Titus, follow in suit of their Aunt Lolly. To protect her peace, she makes use of her familiar and sends Vinegar after Titus. The impish feline causes the young man a great deal of trouble and bad luck, but it is only after Satan's interference that the youth returns to town.
As evidenced early in her life, Laura has a proclivity for herbalism, experimenting with concocting various herbal brews.

















