Luna Nera (English: Black Moon) is an Italian historical fantasy television series created by Francesca Manieri, Laura Paolucci and Tiziana Triana, starring Nina Fotaras, Giorgio Belli, Gloria Carovana and Giandomenico Cupaiuolo.

The plot takes place in the 17th-century in Serra, a fictitional village near Rome, and revolves around women who are accused of being witches, who defend themselves and fight back.

Returning home Natalia tells Ade that she may possess some ancient powers; she hides a mysterious book in the house and teaches her a spell to retrieve it.

A young man called Pietro is studying in Rome with a medicine professor, who explains to his students that witchcraft does not exist and only scientific knowledge can lead to the truth.

When he returns home to treat his mother's illness, he discovers that his father Sante, the leader of the Benandanti, believes that the same witch who allegedly killed Agnese's baby is the source of the disease.

Pietro's attempts to prove that the baby died of natural causes are dismissed by the local priest, padre Tosco, who insists that it has been the work of a witch.

Another student, Marzio Oreggi, who also wanted to be taught the secret knowledge, was sent away but he returned to read the book and confront their teacher, Diotima, ending up killing her.

Cesaria, Pietro's adoptive sister, and Spirto, an orphan working for the household, discover the Book of Kingdoms in Ade's house but they can't separate it from the roots of the floorboards.

She is shocked by the proposal and asks him for a day to think over, but in the meantime she is constantly haunted by voices of women calling for help, which eventually make her collapse.

As Sante is about to give the execution order, an eclipse appears and Valente is shown to possess magical powers, levitating in the crowd and freeing the witches.