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Although most victims of the witch trials in early modern Scotland were women, some men were executed as warlocks. [9] [10] [11]In his day, the Scottish mathematician John Napier (1550–1617) was often perceived as a warlock or magician because of his interests in divination and the occult, though his establishment position likely kept him from being prosecuted.
In colloquial modern English, the word witch is particularly used for women. [36] A male practitioner of magic or witchcraft is more commonly called a 'wizard', or sometimes, 'warlock'. When the word witch is used to refer to a member of a neo-pagan tradition or religion (such as Wicca), it can refer to a person of any gender. [37]
The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo by Marie Spartali Stillman (1889): A magician uses magic to survive. [1]A magician, also known as an archmage, 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.
Get ready to transform into an iconic vampire! These DIY vampire Halloween costume ideas range from classic Dracula and Orlok to trendy Edward and Bella Cullen.
Under the influence of The Witcher fantasy saga by Andrzej Sapkowski, the term vedmak is sometimes also rendered as "witcher" in English in certain contexts. The word used for "witcher" in the original Polish version of the novels, "wiedźmin", was coined by Sapkowski himself as a neologism, while the word "wiedźmak" (cognate of "vedmak") is used in the books only as a derogatory term for ...
Practices within the vampire community range from blood-drinking from willing donors to organising groups known as 'houses' and 'courts' of self-identified vampires. [1] The vampire subculture largely stemmed from the secret subculture [1] [2] [3] [5] but also incorporates some elements of the sadomasochism subculture. [3]
Warlock (World of Warcraft), the name of a class in the video game World of Warcraft; Warlock: Master of the Arcane, a 2012 turn-based strategy video game; Warlock: The Avenger, a computer game for Amiga; Warlock, a character class in the Destiny video game franchise; Warlock, a card type in Magic the Gathering
Vampir by Ernst Stöhr. Wurdulac, also spelled wurdalak, verdilak or vurdulak, is a kind of vampire in the Slavic folklore mythology.Some Western sources define it as a type of "Russian vampire" that must consume the blood of its loved ones and convert its whole family. [1]