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The young witch came to me again yesterday. She speaks in riddles, but sweetly. She says she will be kind for my kindness to her kind. The crops this year looked to fail, but now we think the crops are flourishing late. Perhaps it is only chance, but everywhere the crops are growing now are places the young witch walked yesterday. I can see her now, Freya of the long hair and the summer song, with the edge of her gown lost in the green grass. Surely God made her. The devil could not make anything so lovely.
Mary Wardwell reading an account written by Dorothea


Dorothea Putnam is a recurring character on on Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. She is portrayed by Anastasia Bandey.

Dorothea is the ancestor of Theo Putnam and a freedom fighter for witches. She appears as a ghost and offers her guidance to Theo.

Early Life[]

In 1692, Dorothea gave the Greendale Thirteen safe passage from Scotland to Greendale to escape prosecution. She transported them by boat, across the Atlantic to Greendale in which they thought would be a safe place. However, this was wrong and they were hunted once again. They were then hung on the hanging tree by witch hunters. But in spite of their kind abandoning them, they were not alone. It was Dorothea who didn't abandon them and cut them down from the tree in which they were hung upon. She later buried them on the land in which her farm stood.

Throughout Chilling Adventures of Sabrina[]

Part 1[]

Guiding Susie from Beyond the Grave[]

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Dorothea appears to Theo for the first time

Dorothea briefly appears to Susie in her sleep before she is awakened by her father.[1]

Dorothea awakens Susie from her sleep and refers to her as a "brave boy" after Susie went into the mines as instructed. Dorothea remarks that Putnams have always been brave since the founding of Greendale. Susie was both scared and excited. Dorothea assures her this is only the beginning.[2]

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Dorothea reveals that the Spellmans are witches

Susie reveals her encounter with Billy and Carl at the bookstore. Dorothea asks what happened after the boys surprised her. Susie replies that Hilda Spellman surprised them. She started saying secret things about the boys, who got scared and ran away. Dorothea then reveals that the Spellmans are witches.[3]

The Greendale Thirteen[]

Dorothea informs Susie that the Greendale Thirteen have returned to land of the living. They were hung to death many years ago by witch hunters, and Dorothea buried them on the farm after cutting them down from the trees as they had been abandoned by their own kind. The Greendale Thirteen are wrathful and have come for vengeance.[4]

Part 2[]

Stealing from the Spellmans[]

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Dorothea advises Theo to steal from the Spellmans

Theo experiences a vision of himself in his room. While coming to terms with his new masculine identity, Theo is visited by his aunt Dorothea, who tells him that Putnams do not settle. Theo says that no doctor in Greendale can help him. Dorothea suggests turning to the witches and taking what he needs. Theo sneaks into the Spellman household in the late hours of the night and steals a "gendered spell of metamorphosis." He mixes the ingredients into a paste and applies it over his body. Theo is unsure whether the spell will work, but Dorothea tells him to sleep and dream of the boy that he will become. The following day, Theo is awakened by the alarm clock and finds himself having more masculine characteristics.[5]

Dorothea wakes Theo up from his sleep after he was taken by a mandrake version of Sabrina and tells him that he must kill the mandrake versions of himself, Harvey, and Rosalind. Theo finds himself in a forest clearing with Roz and Harvey, who are lying beside growing mandrakes. Theo manages to free himself from the branches and kills the mandrakes.[6]

Physical Appearance[]

Dorothea was an older woman with blue eyes and short brown hair. She was an adventurer and dressed as such.

Personality[]

During her lifetime, Dorothea was a brave and prejudice-free woman, who helped witches and mortals cross the Atlantic, and was a true ally of the witches and a hero to the marrow, according to Prudence.

Relationships[]

Theo Putnam[]

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Theo and Dorothea

Dorothea didn't have too close of a relationship with Theo as she is his ancestor and died long before his birth, however, she appeared to him on numerous occasions as a ghost and informed him of how the Spellmans are witches and that the Greendale Thirteen had returned to Greendale to see their revenge after being murdered by witch hunters and abandoned by their own kind. It was due to Theo's blood connection to Dorothea that the Greendale Thirteen never intended him any harm.

Appearances[]

Part 1[]

Part 2[]

Trivia[]

  • Her descendant renamed himself "Theo" in honor of Dorothea during his last moments as "Susie". 

Gallery[]

See also: Category:Images of Dorothea Putnam

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