Is Ultima a Witch, or not a Witch?

Are you one thing or another? Is Ultima a witch, or not a witch? We all ask ourselves questions based on assumptions made by others. Bless Me, Ultima contains witch suspicion during the curing of Lucas, the quarrel between Tenorio and the Marez family, and the killing of Ultima’s owl.

During the curing of Lucas in chapter Diez, page 100, Ultima was seen by Antonio coming and going from the room. At one point when Ultima came back on page 101, her feet were wet with clay from the valley. Antonio still stuck in bed, watched Ultima shape three lumps of black clay she took from her little bag, and molded them into three dolls, listening to her hum along the way. Ultima later on dressed the dolls with scraps of cloth. But where did the scraps come from? Just like how the three Trementina sisters took something (Luca’s hair) from Lucas to curse him, Ultima must have done the same thing with the Trementina sisters by taking their clothes. Later on, she stuck pins into each one of the dolls which is known as Voodoo. Ultima also sings a song before she holds the dolls up to Lucas to breathe on, singing, “You have done evil, but good is stronger than evil, and what you sought to do will undo you,” that is witchcraft right there and it proves something must have happened, due …show more content…
In Chapter Veintidos, Tenorio states that he has figured out a way to kill Ultima. The spirit of her is in the owl, meaning if the owl dies, Ultima will die as well. When Tenorio shoots the owl, Ultima is in pain, and unfortunately dies. Witches usually have a familiar animal, which is an animal-shaped spirit, or minor demon believed to serve a witch or magician as a domestic servant, companion, and to help bewitch enemies. Ultima’s familiar animal is her owl, following her, obeying her, keeping an eye on Antonio, and protecting the ones Ultima