2007-04-14 11:23:20 · 16 answers · asked by deep_blue_2000_2000 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
A lot of people are missinformed about the word Warlock. Actually, warlock is a word stemming from the Old English Waerloga, meaning an "oath-breaker" and used derogatorily by the Church as a name for a male witch. But in fact the term Warlock is rarely, if ever, used in Wicca, because both male and female wiccans are reffered to as witches.
Having previous experience with this, being a male witch, I don't appreciate it when missinformed people, who think they know what they are talking about, call me a warlock.
2007-04-14 12:02:31 · answer #1 · answered by Natty 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There's really no satisfactory answer to this question. It's like asking, " Apple is to bacon as shoe is to......?" Even assuming that Warlock refers to a male witch, there is no female equivalent for wizard. The truth is, both terms, witch and wizard, are multi-gender. In Salem, both males and females were burned as witches. They didn't bother with male and female terms. Regardless of what the Harry Potter books say, a wizard is not a male witch, and neither is a warlock. Women can be wizards and men can be witches. As has been said, one needn't be a witch to be a warlock. A Mason or college frat member who goes out and blabs about what happened in the secret meetings can also be considered a warlock.
2007-04-14 18:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by BuddyL 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, "warlock" is not a term for "male witch". No, "warlock" is not a term for "traitor". No, "warlock" is not a term for "evil witch".
Near as I have been able to ascertain from interactions with other Pagans and my never-ending quest for research, the term warlock is Scottish, and is supposed to mean "oath breaker". Nothing more, nothing less.
There are witches, and there are wizards. There are shamans, and there are light workers. There are warlocks, but being called a warlock has nothing to do with being called a witch, being accussed of being magical, religious or spiritual, or having special powers like Harry Potter villains... although, I think J.K. Rowling is very clever to integrate mundane "things" into magical stories. ;)
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2007-04-14 12:11:57 · answer #3 · answered by 'llysa 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
you need to study a lot to become a witch. Warlocks and wizards only exist in books, and are not the counterparts of witches. Male witches are still witches. Read some books, join some forums, research the internet (avoid wikipedia).
2016-04-01 01:51:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheese? Oil? Intercontinental remote controlled nuclear powered ballistic duck?
Warlock is to witch as red rag is to bull. It means Oath Breaker. No relation to witches or magickal practitioners
2007-04-15 05:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by guhralfromhell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Warlock is to witch, as wizard is to Apostate.
2007-04-14 12:32:18 · answer #6 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorceress is to Warlock is to Sorcerer; as Witch is to Wizard
2007-04-14 11:40:25 · answer #7 · answered by Gypsy 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
:(
A warlock is another word for traitor.
It is not a witch..
*Sigh*
I hate it when people get these things confused.
2007-04-14 11:36:28 · answer #8 · answered by Carrot Cake 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
wizard is: a magician or a sorcerer, possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
warlock is a MALE WITCH
2007-04-14 11:45:20 · answer #9 · answered by ch3ckmeyt 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
wouldn't it be the same? I'd just assume that they are both witches
2007-04-14 13:05:21 · answer #10 · answered by Illyanna 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋