What do we call to this, as we call WITCH to female, but what to man ,A woman claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
2007-09-23 09:27:06 · 16 answers · asked by will u answer me 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A male that is a Witch is still called a Witch. Warlock is a term for an oathbreaker.
2007-09-23 09:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by Keltasia 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
A witch can be male OR female. Sorcerors practice sorcery, which is not witchcraft but a different discipline of study altogether.
Witchcraft is not the possession of magical powers, but the practiced use of powers already existing in the natural world and largely ignored or demonized by the populace.
The term "warlock" was popularized in America by the 1960's television show, "Bewitched" and should not be used in reference to a male witch. (they would be insulted).
2007-09-23 09:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by Tseruyah 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The solutions which you have gained asserting that a witch is a Witch no count if male or woman are proper, even nonetheless the information approximately warlocks is incredibly incorrect. The term Warlock is related to covens and is an previous term to consult from a male witch who for regardless of reason had left his coven without their permission or blessing- he could have been working some doubtful own magic, maximum many times he could have accomplished something that placed the coven at extreme possibility and possibility. It is going previous 'oh i do unlike your working methods' as maximum covens could in basic terms bless and deliver them on their way no count if with the guy present or no longer. it may be something that heavily shook the very foundations of that coven (which may be built on love and have confidence comparable to a marriage) For some unusual reason the term grew to grow to be related to male witches inspite of no count if or no longer they have been coven based or no longer, no longer to point in the event that they have been on stable words with their coven :) that's use has been perpetuated by ability of the incredibly greater 'sinister' meaning of the be conscious and that's use interior satanism to point a male witch who works against the tenets of a good style of the fashionable pagan religeons alongside with Wicca. in actuality that's used for result - interior an identical way that satanism is used for result among that's contributors. To marvel and awe the listener or reader.
2016-10-09 17:21:42 · answer #3 · answered by bobbee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A male witch, today, can be called a witch as well. Some use the word wizard, but this usually refers to fantasy novels and such. A male practitioner of Wicca can rightly be called a witch.
2007-09-23 13:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends. In popular folklore, a female is called a Witch and a male is called a Warlock. In Harry Potter, a male is a Wizard. In the modern Neopagan religion of Wicca, both men and women are refered to as Witches.
2007-09-23 09:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
oy, people are stupid on here sometimes.
A male witch is still a witch. Warlock is an insult and its very rude to call someone that. The word warlock means "traitor" and no witch is a traitor. Witches are only practitioners of witchcraft.
2007-09-23 09:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Witch is a gender-neutral term. If you are using it in the "popular" understanding of sorcery like what is depicted in the Harry Potter books (which is EXTREMELY inaccurate and really JUST for entertainment) then you can also use the term wizard...
2007-09-23 09:35:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Modern male practitioners of witchcraft are called witches. Witch is a unisex word.
Wizard or Warlock are fantasy terms.
2007-09-23 09:34:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Men who practice modern witchcraft call themselves witches, just like women. "Warlock" is a very negative term, denoting an oathbreaker.
Men (and women) who practice other forms of magic may go by other terms such as magician.
2007-09-23 09:34:12 · answer #9 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I've heard the word "sorcerer" used somewhat interchangeably with "warlock" and "wizard". I'm not an expert in the field though...
2007-09-23 09:38:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋