Witch (word), the Glossary
Witch, from the Old English (the masculine warlock, from wærloga, is of different etymology), is a term rooted in European folklore and superstition for a practitioner of witchcraft, magic or sorcery.[1]
Table of Contents
59 relations: Alfred the Great, Apostasy, Apotropaic magic, Ælfric of Eynsham, Éva Pócs, Brothers Grimm, Cleromancy, Colonization, Crone, Cunning folk, Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits, Curse, Deutsches Wörterbuch, Divination, Dutch language, Emma Wilby, Endor (village), Etymology of Wicca, Folk healer, Fortune-telling, Friuli, Gemination, German language, Germanische Altertumskunde Online, Gothic language, Hag, Halitgar, Idolatry, Johannes Nider, John William Waterhouse, Kluge's law, Latin, Love magic, Magician (fantasy), Malleus Maleficarum, Medicine man, Middle Low German, Modern era, Modern paganism, North Sea Germanic, Old English, Online Etymology Dictionary, Owen Davies (historian), Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Indo-European language, Ronald Hutton, Samuel Richardson, Shamanism, Standard English, Tacitus, ... Expand index (9 more) »
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Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899.
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Apostasy
Apostasy (defection, revolt) is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person.
Apotropaic magic
Apotropaic magic or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.
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Ælfric of Eynsham
Ælfric of Eynsham (Ælfrīc; Alfricus, Elphricus) was an English abbot and a student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and a consummate, prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies, biblical commentaries, and other genres.
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Éva Pócs
Éva Pócs (born 1936) is a Hungarian ethnographer and folklorist.
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.
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Cleromancy
Cleromancy is a form of sortition (casting of lots) in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling of dice (astragalomancy), but that are sometimes believed to reveal the will of a deity.
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Colonization
independence. Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of exploitation and possibly settlement, setting up coloniality and often colonies, commonly pursued and maintained by colonialism.
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Crone
In folklore, a crone is an old woman who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obstructive.
Cunning folk
Cunning folk, also known as folk healers or wise folk, were practitioners of folk medicine, helpful folk magic and divination in Europe from the Middle Ages until the 20th century.
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Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits
Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic is a study of the beliefs regarding witchcraft and magic in Early Modern Britain written by the British historian Emma Wilby.
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Curse
A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object.
Deutsches Wörterbuch
The Deutsches Wörterbuch ("The German Dictionary"), abbreviated DWB, is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence.
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Divination
Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic ritual or practice.
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Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
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Emma Wilby
Emma Wilby is a British historian and author specialising in the magical beliefs of Early Modern Britain.
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Endor (village)
Endor (ʿĒn-Dōr or ʿĒn-Dōʾr) was a Canaanite city, which is listed in the Book of Joshua as one of the cities the Israelites failed to dispossess, neither the city nor its dependencies.
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Etymology of Wicca
In Modern English, the term Wicca refers to Wicca, the religion of contemporary Pagan witchcraft. Witch (word) and Etymology of Wicca are Etymologies.
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Folk healer
A folk healer is an unlicensed person who practices the art of healing using traditional practices, herbal remedies, and the power of suggestion.
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Fortune-telling
Fortune telling is the unproven spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life.
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Friuli
Friuli (Friûl; Friul or Friułi; Furlanija; Friaul) is a historical region of northeast Italy.
Gemination
In phonetics and phonology, gemination (from Latin 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Germanische Altertumskunde Online
Germanische Altertumskunde Online, formerly called Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them.
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Gothic language
Gothic is an extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths.
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Hag
A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as "Hansel and Gretel".
Halitgar
Halitgar (Halitgarius, Halitcharius, Halitgaire, Aligerio) was a ninth-century bishop of Cambrai (in office 817–831).
Idolatry
Idolatry is the worship of a cult image or "idol" as though it were a deity.
Johannes Nider
Johannes Nider (– 13 August 1438) was a German theologian.
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John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse (baptised 6 April 184910 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.
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Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a controversial Proto-Germanic sound law formulated by Friedrich Kluge.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Love magic
Love magic is a type of magic that has existed or currently exists in many cultures around the world as a part of folk beliefs, both by clergy and laity of nearly every religion.
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Magician (fantasy)
A magician, also known as an archimage, mage, magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard, is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources.
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Malleus Maleficarum
The Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise purporting to be about witchcraft.
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Medicine man
A medicine man (from Ojibwe mashkikiiwinini) or medicine woman (from Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe) is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas.
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Middle Low German
Middle Low German (Middelsassisk, label, label or label, italics, italics) is a developmental stage of Low German.
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Modern era
The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history.
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Modern paganism
Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, spans a range of new religious movements variously influenced by the beliefs of pre-modern peoples across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East.
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North Sea Germanic
North Sea Germanic, also known as Ingvaeonic, is a postulated grouping of the northern West Germanic languages that consists of Old Frisian, Old English, and Old Saxon, and their descendants.
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Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
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Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Owen Davies (historian)
Owen Davies (born 1969) is a British historian who specialises in the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and popular medicine.
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Proto-Germanic language
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.
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Ronald Hutton
Ronald Edmund Hutton (born 19 December 1953) is an English historian specialising in early modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion, and modern paganism.
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Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753).
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Shamanism
Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance.
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Standard English
In an English-speaking country, Standard English (SE) is the variety of English that has undergone codification to the point of being socially perceived as the standard language, associated with formal schooling, language assessment, and official print publications, such as public service announcements and newspapers of record, etc.
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Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (–), was a Roman historian and politician.
Traditional medicine
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.
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Warlock
A warlock is a male practitioner of witchcraft. Witch (word) and warlock are witches.
White magic
White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for selfless purposes.
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Wicca
Wicca, also known as "The Craft", is a modern pagan, syncretic, earth-centered religion.
Wickedness
Wickedness is generally considered a synonym for evil or sinfulness.
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Witch doctor
A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor) was originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft.
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Witch-hunt
A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft.
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Witchcraft
Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic.
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Yale University Press
Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.
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See also
Witches
- Fictional witches
- Satanists
- Warlock
- Witch (word)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_(word)
Also known as Etymology of witch, Wicce, Witch (etymology).
, Traditional medicine, Warlock, White magic, Wicca, Wickedness, Witch doctor, Witch-hunt, Witchcraft, Yale University Press.