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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.
The Warlock, also known as The Wizard and the Dragon, is the title of two oil on canvas paintings by German painter Carl Spitzweg, from 1875 and 1880. The original painting is now held in the Museum Georg Schäfer, in Schweinfurt, while the other is in a private collection. The two paintings are almost identical in motif but differ in size and ...
Two copies of the painting were produced. The two paintings and a study depict a witch or sorceress using a wand to draw a fiery magic circle on the Earth to create a ritual space for her ceremonial magic. As was common in the period, Waterhouse repeated his subject on a smaller scale, probably at the request of a collector.
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.
The Warlock (Spitzweg) Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr) ... Witches' Sabbath (Goya, 1798) This page was last edited on 21 October 2024, at 12:28 (UTC). ...
Witches in folklore (8 C, 31 P) D. Deal with the Devil (4 C, 57 P) E. Epic cycles of incarnations (14 P) M. Magic deities (3 C, 2 P) ... Warlocks of Chiloé ...
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. [citation needed]
Wicked Witch of the East (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Wicked Witch of the West (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Winnie (Winnie the Witch) Paige Winterbourne (Dime Store Magic) The Witch (never named) in Simon and the Witch; Lolly Willowes, title character of book by Sylvia Townsend Warner; Winsome Witch (Secret Squirrel) Witch of the Waste (Howl's ...