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- From: donal@brewich.hou.tx.us (Donal)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: Nomenclature./Men are Not witches!
- Message-ID: <i5wawB2w165w@brewich.hou.tx.us>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 13:25:05 CST
- References: <22DEC199215495971@elroy.uh.edu>
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- lib1p@elroy.uh.edu (Tammy Stark Blandino) writes:
-
- > In article <1992Dec22.211732.7987@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>, billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com
- > >sirbyte@brewich.hou.tx.us (William hancock) writes:
- > >: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- > >: > : The correct terminology for a man who endeavors to engage in magical
- > >: > : practices is "Warlock". The more gender nuetral term would be
- >
- > Actually this isn't true. (I know, I know, .... flame away)
- >
- > I don't remember the word that it comes from, but the original latin that
- > the word "Warlock" comes from means "betrayer". A warlock is someone in
- > the occult that betrayes his/her own.
- >
- > The reason I know this is because one of my teachers was accused of being
- > a warlock. It was a vast misunderstanding, but then again emotions were
- > running high.
- >
- > BB,
- >
- > Tammy the flamebait
- >
- >
- >
-
- not sure of my spelling, but the word was Norse, not Latin, and the word
- is hvaardlocke or something like that. It originally described a special
- kind of priest or holy man that dressed in womens clothing. This was part
- of their magic, stealing the womens mysteries. The term was applied to
- the male witch in much the same context, a man in a role considered
- feminine.
-
- Blessed Be!
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