tempestnightmare

MM,
I have been practicing Wicca for about a year, and I have a question for
those who have practiced longer and have the knowledge.
I practice Wicca and Witchcraft. I understand some Wiccans do not.
My question, most of what I Have read says that "Witch" refers to a
female. Then what do you call a male witch??/ Warlock?? is this
appropriate??
Jon
Blessed be

farlo

AFAIK it is not. "Warlock" is a term for "oath Breaker" in scotland.

--
Farlo, the Urban Fey Dragon

jani

Witch refers to both male and female. A warlock is an oathbreaker.

Jani

francis

In message <M6GdnajVUe9V4yCiRVn-hA@comcast.com>, TempestNightmare
<tempestnightmare@comcast.net> writes

That's only half the truth of the present common usage.


No. That's a mistake. A male witch is a *witch* (or maybe a Wiccan) }
--
Francis

shez

In article <IVoHC7PY1iv$Ew9e@topdeck.demon.co.uk>, francis
<francis@topdeck.demon.co.uk> writes


Or a sorcerer ...?
--
Shez shez@oldcity.f2s.com

init8

Hi Jon,

'Warlock' is an old Scots dialect term for male witch or sorcerer, which is
still the standard dictionary definition for the term, although it is not
generally used by modern Wiccans or witches, 'witch' being used for both
***es, especially when used in the religious sense.

The 'standard' etymological derivation for 'warlock' is from the Old
English word 'waerloga', literally agreement-breaker or treaty-breaker, but
with the broader meaning of perjurer, scoundrel, etc., however, there is a
more recent theory which suggests a derivation from the Old Norse
'varðlokkur' meaning enchanter or conjuror (of spirits).

(See for example http://www.boudicca.de/warlock-e.htm)

Init8

In my view unless one is speaking/typing Norweigen the second
deffinition should not apply.

--
news:alt.pagan FAQ at http://www.dmcom.net/bard/altpag.txt
news:alt.religion.wicca FAQ at http://www.dmcom.net/bard/arwfaq2.txt
news:news.groups FAQ at http://www.dmcom.net/bard/ngfaq.txt
Want a new group FAQs http://web.presby.edu/~nnqadmin/nnq/ncreate.html

dale

Or does it really matter any more.... next we'll be starting on other
groups - Doctor, Buddhist, lollipop lady, *** (oh, we started the fag
one already... *sigh* There is an explanation for it but it's hardly
worth the bother!)

Actually, I'm not going to call myself a witch anymore - I'm a....
erm.... wutch! That way no one can tell me that I can't call myself
that!

;P
--
Dale

jackdaw

Glad I am Pagan, it saves so much trouble!¬)
Discussion.
And Pixels.

--
Jackdaw ( UK )
collector of facts, trivia and bright twinkly things!
Please remove the spam things to get the bird!

mkel

Well, at the end of the day, I'm ME and you're YOU. All these labels (pagan,
witch, xian etc.) that we try to fit ourselves into never seem to fit anyway
so why do we even bother?

--
Cheers
M'Kel
What we can imagine is possible. What we try can be done. What is, is. What
will be is what we choose. Our Destiny is of Our Making.