History of Witch

	Revision 21 . . (edit) December 10, 2001 9:02 pm by Trimalchio [added practical magic to the list of movies]
	Revision 20 . . (edit) November 4, 2001 3:59 am by Anders Torlind
	Revision 18 . . November 3, 2001 11:06 am by (logged).212.185.xxx [*Malleus Maleficarum: "The hammer (for) evil ones...) Lat. Malus Maledictum would mean (something) (for) curses. Malleus Maleficarum was the Papal Bull that enjoined the prosecution of witches.]

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A witch can be used to refer to a person who practices witchcraft or to refer to a Wiccan, a person who practices the religion Wicca. The word is now applied almost exclusively to women, though in earlier English it applied to men as well. Most people would now call male witches sorcerer?s, wizard?s, or warlock?s, although Wiccans continue to use the term witch for all who practice witchcraft.

A witch can be used to refer to a person who practices witchcraft or magic, and may also refer to a Wiccan, a person who practices the religion Wicca. The word is now applied almost exclusively to women, though in earlier English it applied to men as well. Most people would now call male witches sorcerer?s, wizard?s, or warlock?s, although Wiccans continue to use the term witch for all who practice witchcraft.

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Witches have come into the mainstream in the last decade as well as common pop-culture? figures. Teenage and young adult witches have been the focus or appeared in the movies "The Craft" and "Blair Witch Project 2" (the sequel to The Blair Witch Project), as well as in the television programs "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Charmed", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", and episodes of "The X-Files". Such neo-Gothic? portrayals bear little relationship to Wicca, or even a Christian view of witches for that matter. In almost all cases witches portrayed in movies and TV shows today are attractive women who have supernatural powers.

Witches have come into the mainstream in the last decade as well as common pop-culture? figures. Teenage and young adult witches have been the focus or appeared in the movies "[The Craft]?", "[Practical Magic]?" and "Blair Witch Project 2" (the sequel to The Blair Witch Project), as well as in the television programs "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Charmed", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", and episodes of "The X-Files". Such neo-Gothic? portrayals bear little relationship to Wicca, or even a Christian view of witches for that matter. In almost all cases witches portrayed in movies and TV shows today are attractive women who have supernatural powers.

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See also: [Malus Maleficarum]?.

See also: Malleus Maleficarum.