Been told most of my life that I am a warlock.I hope I spelled it right.So what is a warlock? A male witch? A dork like me with larger than normal canine teeth? What gives?
2007-04-15 20:30:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A warlock is a male witch, sorcerer, wizard or a demon
2007-04-15 20:33:05 · answer #1 · answered by Alfie D 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Definition: A warlock is NOT the term for a male witch. A male witch is just a witch. The term has been picked up by popular culture, and people who don't really know anything about witchcraft like to use it.
What the word really means is frequently and vehemently debated amongst modern-day witches. The usual explanation is that it's an old English word for 'oath-breaker' and was used for a witch who betrayed their coven. I can't say for sure that is accurate.
2007-04-16 03:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by bbfan53 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Warlock, as another guy said, is an Old English word that means "traitor" or "oath-breaker" (back in the day, witches took an oath of silence on coven matters when joining a coven), and denotes a witch who betrayed their coven by giving up names to an Inquisitor (during the Burning Times). Warlocks were frequently marked with a slash across the right cheek, a brand, tattoo, or other "slave mark" as a way to let other covens know that they couldn't be trusted.
2007-04-16 04:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by Enslavementalitheist 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Warlocks are, among historic Christian traditions, said to be the male equivalent of witches (usually in the pejorative sense of Europe's Middle Ages), and were said to ride pitchforks instead of broomsticks. In traditional Scottish witchcraft, "warlock" was and is simply the term used for a wizard, or male witch.A synonym is sorcerer.
In a Wiccan context, the word was originally used, maybe coined, by Gerald Gardner as a verb meaning "to bind", as with cords during an initiation ceremony, or prior to a ritual scourging but modern Wiccans now appear to use the word in a pejorative sense, considering it to be a derogatory term for "oath-breaker".
In some pop culture TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Bewitched warlocks are simply male witches; in the TV show Charmed a warlock is an evil witch, male or female, a "traitor to an oath" who steals other witches' powers, while any good witch, male or female, is a "witch".
2007-04-16 03:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"Warlock" is a bad word... quite the insult. Basically, "oath breaker".
It is NOT a male Wiccan (or witch). A male Wiccan (or witch) is a Wiccan. Period.
Like the fellow above me, if someone called me a warlock, them'd be fightin' words.
Witch, actually, comes from the word "Wiccan". Wicca means "to bend".
2007-04-16 03:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by j 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Warlock is a term for "Betrayer."
It's usually meant as a male witch [which, properly, is called a witch]. For example, I call myself a witch, but if someone were to call me a warlock, I'd deck him.
In LaVeyan Satanism, he calls male practitioners of magic that, for effect.
2007-04-16 03:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by Squishy Khrysorrhapis 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Warlock is typically a reference to a male witch. So I think that means, they think you look wise. The root of witch is wit which means wise. Witch means wise person.
2007-04-16 03:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by rep206 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A male witch, sorcerer, wizard, or demon.
2007-04-16 03:34:00 · answer #8 · answered by Big_A 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
a male witch.
2007-04-16 03:33:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Actually, there is no such thing.
A male witch is called........a witch.
2007-04-16 03:32:25 · answer #10 · answered by Augustine 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋