Curiously, in this tale the land and the forest, and all living life in it rises against its new ruler, who neglects his care for it and only cares about power. The three witches only facilitate this uprising. I find many similarities with Avatar's living planet Pandora, etc.
Funnily, the witches, the people and the land itself has no objections to every next monarch getting on the throne by killing the previous one. "It's all a part of the job", Granny Weatherwax says. The problem starts when the ruler gets obsessed with the power for its own sake, and starts looking at the land (i.e. the country/state/people) as a mere tool for achieving his ends.
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Funnily, the witches, the people and the land itself has no objections to every next monarch getting on the throne by killing the previous one. "It's all a part of the job", Granny Weatherwax says. The problem starts when the ruler gets obsessed with the power for its own sake, and starts looking at the land (i.e. the country/state/people) as a mere tool for achieving his ends.
Very teaching stuff, that.