Wicca, Wiccan Magick, Witchcraft, and Magic Spells

There are many various terms which were employed of the witches, and the knowledge of these names is two to interest, and also useful while identifying when a particular text speaks about the witches or not. It is a list partial taken above of the book.

Strix, striated, striga or strigimaga - this word developed from meaning one to push cries piercing-owl, with a night-spirit, then with a vampire, and to mean witch finally.

Sortiarius or sortilegus - somebody who reads fates (kinds), a soothsayer.

Masca or talamasca - somebody who employs the animal masks with the festivals. Jacob Grimm (mythology of Teutonic, III, 1082) connects this to the masticare (to eat) as of the witches were supposed to eat children.

Lamia or LAMA - a vampire or a witch. Lamia is derived from the tale of Lamia, queen of Libya whose children were killed by Hera in a fury jealous in the vicinity of Lamia with Zeus. Lamia, in revenge, goes the ground sucking the blood of the children and the babies.

Maleficus - somebody who carries out the bad magic (maleficum).

Scobax - Greek scops, one to push cries piercing-owl, or Latin scoba, a brush.

Gazarius - derived from Catharius, an heretic of Catharist. This can also be derived from an older limit, with gas of root of the significance hébreue “to cross”, and thus connected to practising to envisage the future of the entrails of the animals.

Waudensis - of Waldensis, an heretic of Waldensian.

Herbarius - a grass pick-up.

Pythonissa - a prophetess.

Invoiced - bound to the Latin factus, a “manufacturer” of orthography.

Divinator - a soothsayer.

Mathematicus - a soothsayer.

Necromanticus - soothsayer by means of corpses, sometimes corrupted with the nigromanticus, a soothsayer by black arts.

Veneficus - a preparer of the magic beverages, usually poisons.

Tempestarius - one to give the attack with-manufacturer.

Incantator - one to enchant, or one which makes incantations.

Wicce/Wicca - of the Anglo-Saxon, one who guess or the pig iron and cast iron spells. The male “wicca” is most common.

Hexe - German, drifting of the high old man hagazussa German meaning night-spirit, cannibal or witch.