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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Nomenclature./Men are Not witches!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.085510.14259@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <i5wawB2w165w@brewich.hou.tx.us>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:55:10 GMT
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- donal@brewich.hou.tx.us (Donal) writes:
- : lib1p@elroy.uh.edu (Tammy Stark Blandino) writes:
- :
- : > >sirbyte@brewich.hou.tx.us (William hancock) 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.
- :
- : 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.
-
- I am redoing this post - with my name removed from the attributions. I did
- not write ANY of the above. I think I got the rest right.
-
- Bill
-