Witch (word)
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The English word witch, from the Old English wiċċe, is a term rooted in European folklore and superstition for a practitioner of witchcraft, magic or sorcery. Traditionally associated with malevolent
The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886)
Riding Witches by Otto Goetze
Warlock
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A warlock is traditionally a male practitioner of witchcraft or sorcery.
Witch (word)
…nevertheless determined were witches themselves. In current colloquial English witch is typically applied to women, with the male equivalent being warlock or wizard. Contemporary dictionaries currently distinguish four meanings of the noun witch, including: a person (especially a woman) credited with…
Costume design for a warlock for the opera Mefistofele (Alfredo Leonardo Edel, 1881)
Warlocks and Witches in a dance (John Faed, 1855)