that doesn't make sense if she was a witch then how did she die ?? she never had a back story planned she was just meant to be a dead human character now that bayonetta is here now you guys are speculating that dante's mom was a witch the whole witch thing didn't come into spotlight until bayonetta was released so the game was made wayyy before the concept could be even applied so its kinda odd to think that way
EDIT in dmc anime i am watching in ep8 dante's backstory is revealed a bit he was tony redgrave (the same username haunts me lol) in the village his mother was killed along the whole village was destroyed now dante opens the hell gate and kills the demon who is responsible for that unforgivable sinand that demon also says
you're man born of human and demon
1) Bayonetta and Devil May Cry are said to be in the same universe. However, because Bayonetta is a product of Sega, an official statement confirming that will never be made. In fact, its more likely that Sega would disagree because Devil May Cry is Capcom's product and saying that the two games are in the same universe would be an act of copyright/trademark infringement.
2) Bayonetta summons demons that are similar to ones seen in DMC. For example, she summons a giant lava spider named Phantasmaranae, who people speculate is a cousin of Phantom, a giant boss fought in DMC1 and DMC2.
3) There is a man name Antonio Redgrave, who was killed when Bayonetta woke up from her 500- year nap. Dante's alias, as you said, is Tony Redgrave. Some people think that Dante might have met Antonio and took up his name as his hunting alias.
4) The same Enzo who is Dante's information broker is the same one from Bayonetta.
5) A concept art shows Sparda and Eva during the Victorian age. The Victorian age? Why would they draw them in there?
Combining all that information, its seems pretty likely that the referrence to Eva being a witch would've been DMC's former creator's way of trying to provide some background info for the woman considering that we know diddly- squat about her to begin with.
So with that, I believe I am perfectly justified in believe that Eva might have been a witch.
And again, WITCHES CAN DIE!! Heck, Bayonetta and Jeanne were the last ones. Its possible Eva was the third survivor until she was killed by demons. Furthermore, not alot of us consider anything other than the games canon considering that the information always end up buggy, so I would suggest taking info from the Anime with a grain of salt.
Now to move on, I kind of like the story Bayonetta has of Eva much more than the traditional "legendary demon x weak human" story because of the fact that the two met from a contract. As Witches in Bayonetta go, you have to make a contract with a demon in order to grow in power, so in a sense she was weak to begin with. Then, when she made a contract with Sparda, she grew greatly in strength, to the point where her name became legendary as well. This would explain how Mundus got to her because if her name wasn't well known, then Mundus would have a hard time finding her. And before this fact gets bashed, Sparda disappeared for awhile without no one knowing where he was, so he might have had taken a new name for himself. If Eva was a normal human being and Sparda changed his name, then it would be very easy to conceal the fact that he had a family. Even moreso, Sparda was dead by the time Mundus attacked. So with not knowing where Sparda is or if he had family, or either knowing that Sparda had died and his wife was a weak human, what would logically cause Mundus to attack them? Even if he knew Eva was weak, there would be no point in killing her since the only person he would be having vengenace against is already dead. The only reason why he would kill her is becasue she had to be worth it, and a weak human wouldn't really be worth it. Besides, she was killed by demons, as in multiple of them. If she's weak, why multiple when only one would do? Dante and Vergil weren't strong enough to tackle demons back then and there was no one protecting her, so why not just have one demon do the job?
And may I remind you that Sparda isn't stupid enough to leave his family unprotected, he has to leave some protection behind but what that protection is is never hinted at. But with the points that I just made, it makes sense that Eva had to be alot more powerful than we think she was.
There goes my theory that she was just a plain ol' Jane.