tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post3855255396781189051..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: Sussex Horse PlaitsScott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-30847530078561329512010-02-06T07:47:40.851-06:002010-02-06T07:47:40.851-06:00Word-nerd on deck.
Wikipedia gives an etymology f...Word-nerd on deck.<br /><br />Wikipedia gives an etymology for "warlock "here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlock<br /><br />Here's some Speculation, around a small smattering of facts.<br /><br />My Scots language dictionary, while it does not give a specific etymology, is however suggestive.- The Scots spelling of the word is given as Warlogh and Warluck, which is congruent with Germanic roots- "Wahr" being Truth. The German term "luck" refers to varnish or polish, but has a modern poetic and metaphoric usage indicating deception and cover-up. The modern standardized word in German is "lack".<br /><br />The entry notes that, among Scots, "Warlock" seems to take the late 16th century in its popular appearance. Which coincides with the time when Calvinism and Lutheranism were vying for the hearts of potential protestants by means of conducting a persecution of Catholics and whatever non-christian fringe population existed. The definition given is specifically that of "liar", and further notes that it was used as a legal term.<br /><br />So, an additional speculative breakdown would be a liar under oath in a court. <br /><br />OED example: 1689 tr. Buchanan's "De Jure Regni apud Scotos"": No Thief or Warlike will willingly compear before a Judge to be judged<br /><br />The practice of taking legal oath on the Bible was intended as a literal magical bond to speak truth. Thus one who could "break" such an oath was clearly not on the side of the protestant inquisitors.<br /><br />Given that the Scottish witch persecution continued until the execution of Janet Horne in 1727, it seems possible that the Scots legal term may have leaked into English specifically in the context of the which trials, which obfuscated it's original meaning in the Scots context. <br /><br />From looking at the OED, it seems that the transition from usage of warlock a more general term of deridement roughly equivalent to "wicked" and "evil" (adjectival and adverbial uses both) to the specific indication of a malign wizard post-dates the Scots usage and seems to have occured in the 18th century. Prior to this, the association with the occult is notable, but not specific, and has relatively usage outside the occult context. The occult association of the term in English as a descriptor for a male seems to be built up from Scots use via the English literary audience after 1800, via Robert Burns (3 cites), Andrew Scott (2 cites) and Richard Barham (1 cite), whom the OED cites for this particular usage.lsmfthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772038461240844005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-63062043607896921222010-02-06T02:42:41.296-06:002010-02-06T02:42:41.296-06:00I've seen the term warlock in use for a male w...I've seen the term warlock in use for a male witch in pre-Wiccan era writings. The term actually does have a legitimate magical meaning, but certain Wiccan authors, for reasons unknown but probably just not cracking open the OED, have done a lot to make the word negative and have gone about stating that no real practitioner would call themselves a warlock and so on to the point that most people don't anymore. I think some have started doing it again though, probably just to piss off Wiccan know it alls. <br /><br />As for guy number two, I'm skeptic of any supposed master, or even authority on the community, which is still using a term like black magic. And I don't know what he means by devil worshiper. Luciferians are the biggest group, and I've never heard of them tying knots in horses. I think there are some rouge ones and a few hiding inside of Satanic religions, but then they aren't organized and don't have any particular MO or ritual set. Anything else would be a very small and obscure group.<br /><br />His vagueness, once again, makes me doubt he's any kind of authority.<br /><br />I know animal sacrifices happen. I hear stories second hand and I've found the mutilated bodies too. But if it's being done right, they don't use horses, they'd use something smaller.<br /><br />My gut instinct, which may be wrong, is that all of this is the work of preteen girls. preteen girls like ponies, and they like braiding hair. It just seems obvious to me.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339922041233122021noreply@blogger.com