Isn’t part of it purely linguistic? Same word “witch” used to mean “any female magic user” and “female magic user who got her powers from demons”? Where for a male you would use “wizard” or “warlock” respectively.
Obviously JK Rowling doesn’t mean the same thing the Salem judges meant.
Actually, witch was heavily used for both sexes in real life.
And not-so-wicked wizards are not exactly thick on the ground in fairy tales, for the same reason as witches. It's just that people don't complain that all the wizards in fairy tales are evil.
I need to check to see if I am missing any f your novels. You do fairy tale novels better than anyone I know.
Thank you! Glad you like them. I'm working on one now but there's some complications in getting it published.
Isn’t part of it purely linguistic? Same word “witch” used to mean “any female magic user” and “female magic user who got her powers from demons”? Where for a male you would use “wizard” or “warlock” respectively.
Obviously JK Rowling doesn’t mean the same thing the Salem judges meant.
Actually, witch was heavily used for both sexes in real life.
And not-so-wicked wizards are not exactly thick on the ground in fairy tales, for the same reason as witches. It's just that people don't complain that all the wizards in fairy tales are evil.
True enough, the men executed in Salem were also convicted of “witchcraft”.
I don’t know when the word acquired the connotation of “female magic user”.