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GLOSSARY

SOURCE : https://nl.wikibooks.org/wiki/Heksenwoordenboek/ (translated in English)

Aquarius : (Lat .: Aquarius ) is the astrological sign of people born between about January 21st and about February 19th. It is the eleventh sign of the zodiac .
Water proof: a test that was carried out on persons suspected of being a witch . Arms and legs were tied and a person was launched. If one kept drifting, one was a witch. Witches would have a very low body weight, this also plays a role in the witch weigh .


Boline : a ritual knife that, unlike the athame , is used for cutting.

Book of Shadows : a book with magical and religious texts of the wicca and other pagan witch traditions.

Brhama

Circe : a witch from Greek mythology, is visited by Odysseus. Medea is her niece

Cailleach : All- mother or witch from Celtic mythology. In Scotland she is the Blue Wizard of winter , a goddess of the underworld and a fairy spirit . She appears as an old woman in black rags with a staff (the stirring stick) and walks around at night with a crow on her left shoulder. She has a unhappy character and is dangerous for people. She has tusks and sometimes three faces. And she could turn into a cat . Cailleach stirs in the Cauldron of Death and Rebirth. Cailleach's counterpart with the ancient Greek

Coven : English term that refers to a group or 'circle' of witches with usually thirteen members.
Crescent moon

Chalice : important ritual object and feminine symbol . The chalice is associated with the element of water .

Czarownica : Polish for female witch .

Czarownik : Polish for male witch .

Commuting : a form of divination , using a shuttle.

Daimon : creatures (δαίμων, daimôn) from Ancient Greece. Plato described them as supernatural beings between mortals and the gods , such as minor deities and the spirits of dead heroes. A daimon was not bad, the Christian study of demonology brought a different picture in Western society (see demon).

John Dee (1527 - 1608) - scientist, astronomer and mathematician. He also became involved in alchemical experiments to summon spirits or angels . Dee wrote (among other things) The Book of Enoch , the text was dictated in trance by Edward Kelly. Dee drew the horoscope of Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I was under the royal astrologer .

De la démonomanie des sorciers : book by Jean Bodin, a witch hunter . Published in 1580. See also demonology.

Dowsing rod : a means of divination . For dowsing , a forked willow or hazel branch is used to search for metals or water, for example.

Demon : a mythical creature that is usually seen as evil nowadays. Originally, however , the Greek daimon was not bad.

Divination or divination : to acquire insight in past, present and future in a supernatural way.

Dolmen : megalithic table form from the early stone age or bronze age. It is the name for dolmens in France and England, dolmens are seen as a Celtic tomb.

Driehoorn : sign of the god Odin , consisting of three interwoven drinking horns.

Drude : witch from the Germanic folklore that appears in sleep. An evil night spirit that causes nightmares.

Eko : magic formula from the Semitic language area. Eko means "be greeted and come forward". The formula is used to summon gods , goddesses , angels or demons .

Elixir : drink, to which specific magical or medicinal properties are usually attributed. Often an elixir was a mixture of an infusion of herbs or other plants with, for example, water, human or animal body fluids (such as blood, urine, saliva) or alcohol. Mushroom extracts were also used, as well as metals such as gold and mercury. See also life elixir .

Equinox : twice a year the same day and night, the sun is right above the equator ; the spring equinox and autumn equinox. Ostara and Mabon are examples of annual festivals that take place during the equinox.

Esbat : celebration of full moon . See also blue moon .

Exoteric : knowledge is accessible to everyone, unlike esotericism.

Fae/Faerie/Fairy/Fata : fairy.
Fangshi : means 'people who possess techniques'. Practitioners of astrology , medicine and geomancy and connected to the Chinese Wu .

Faust ?

Fairy : in the fourteenth century the Old English elf (also called alf, alven ) was replaced by the French faerie and fey , they are identical names. In European folklore, many creatures exist, like trolls, dwarves, gnomes , pixies, goblins, banshees, sidhe, leprechauns, fynodere, gruagach, urisk, korrigan and fuath. They (and many other variants) are all seen as the elven or fairy people. Gwyn ap Nudd and Oberon are elven kings and Medb is elven queen, she makes people dream. The German word for nightmare is Albtraum. There are many similarities with Witte Wieven. People could be lured to the land of the fairies. Fairies dance in circles (see also witch circle ), people can make sick (or better), guard and estimate sometimes exchange children's children for a change child. Several gnomes or elves associated with Santa Claus and the Christmas party , or joelfeest (eg julenisse and Christmas Elfs ). A fairy can be a companion . There are various explanations about their origin, for example ancestral spirits , ghosts and pagan gods . In folklorethe distinction between fairies and witches is not always clear, see also donna di fuora and tocadura de brujas . A witch is also called a fairy. Morgana le Fay appears in the Arthur legends, her name can be translated with the fairy Morgana and her Italian name is Fata Morgana , our word for mirage. Woman Holle rules the alves and goblins, the white robes and foolish lights. The swamp woman is a kind of witch or sorceress and the aunt of the elves; she lures people to her swamp and rules the underworld.


Feeks : another word for witch .

Fernybloem : a magical plant from Slavic and Baltic mythology. According to Latvian and Estonian tradition, the plant only blooms on the evening of the Jāņi ( midnight , from 23 to 24 June). The person who finds the plant will be very lucky by the fern. On this particular night witches came together ( witch sabbath ), opened the golden treasures, the magical power of herbs was present and the golden ferns blossomed. See also the fern seed that is known in the Netherlands.

Fordodha : a witch .

Galsterweib : German for a witch.

Galsteren : German for witchcraft.

Galster : medium-high German for singing or enchantment.

Gerald Gardner (1884-1964) is considered by many to be the father of wicca , modern witchcraft . He was strongly influenced by the work of anthropologist Margaret Murray and her ideas about the 'Old Religion'. After the law against witchcraft was revoked in Great Britain, in 1954 he published the book Witchcraft Today , which became the basic text of modern witchcraft.

Fellow : the helper of a witch in the form of (the spirit ) an animal or faerie , see also animal spirit . During the early modern period in Europe, faith in companions was seen by the Christian church as a relationship with demonic spirits.

Grýla : a figure from the folklore of Iceland, plays an important role during the Christmas period. Her name is mentioned in the Prose-Edda. She lives in the mountains with her third husband Leppalúði, their sons and their pet (the big black Christmas cat). She takes naughty children in her pocket, to eat them later. The Christmas cat also eats children who have not received new clothes as gifts

Gullveig : goddess from Nordic mythology. Gullveig could spá 'volu vel spá' 'volva well in spá' (predicting). She is also called the pleasure of evil women , suggesting she was a witch , fordodha .

Häxa : Swedish for witch. Ormhäxan is a snake- witch .

Heksenwaag : a scale on which people were weighed who were suspected of witchcraft, it was believed that witches had a very low body weight (this also plays a part in the water test .) The witchwaag of Oudewater is very famous.

Toverkol : a female witch or sorcerer, is also called kol , kolrijdster or ugly old woman (see old women ).

Triskelion : a symbol , also called trinacria or triskele , from ancient Greek; τρισκελής "three-legged". The triskelion consists of three intertwined spirals or symbols (such as legs).

Witch test : The water test is known , whereby a person is thrown into the water. If one kept drifting, one was a witch. When one sank (drowned), one was innocent. Also weighing on a witch weigh is a means.

Hexe : German for female witch.

Hexer : German for male witch.

Hypatia : is seen as the first victim of the Christian witch persecution , the murder of her fits within the decree of Emperor Constantius II. Because of the progressive and scientific way of thinking and doing, she was torn apart in 415 by a crowd of Christians.

I Ching or I Ching (Chinese for "Book of Changes") - Ancient Chinese text, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism. Originally it was a system of divination in which oracle bones, yarrow stalks or coins were thrown. The book consists of 64 six-line figures ( hexagrams ), each of which consists of two trigrams . Traditionally, the formation of the hexagrams and their interpretation is attributed to Wen Wang, 12th century BC. (See further in the wikibook about Magic / Fortune-telling .)

Little Arcana : The following 'colors' are used; bars , cups ( chalices ), coins ( pentacles ) and swords . These correspond to clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades respectively. The joker is the only card from the Grand Arcana that was taken over in the current card game.

Kristalkijken : a form of divination , see also magic mirror and crystal ball.

Ku : shamanic magic power in China.

Kuker : a god of fertility, in Bulgaria and Serbia is a plural divinity. In Bulgaria, a ritual spectacle of spring (a kind of carnival ) takes place after a scenario of popular theater. Kuker's role is represented by a man dressed in sheep or goatskin, with a horned mask and girded with a large wooden phallus . During the ritual different physiological actions are explained (including the sexual act, as a symbol of the holy marriage of the god, while mimes the symbolicbeing a woman, during pregnancy and with the pains of childbirth). This ritual celebrates field labor (plowing, sowing) and is carried out with the participation of numerous allegorical characters, including the emperor and his entourage.

Kukeri : a traditional ritual from Bulgaria, with the aim to drive away the evil spirits . The rituals are performed in a costume (often goat), usually they cover the entire body. Decorated wooden animal masks (sometimes with two faces) and large bells are also worn on the leash. The kukeri walk and dance through the village around New Year and before Lent. This would bring good harvest, health and happiness to the village. Kukeri visit the houses in the village at night, the suncan not catch them on the road. After the tour through the village, the kukeri gather in the square and dance wildly. The ritual differs per region, but the essence remains the same. The ritual is led back to the Thracians. Similar rituals occur in Romania, Serbia and Macedonia. See also capra .

Kyteler, Dame Alice  : a woman from Kilkenny who was the first in Ireland to go to witchcraft and heresy . Her (Hiberno-Norman) family was very respected. Dame Alice was accused of witchcraft by the children of her fourth husband. Bishop Ledrede excommunicated Lady Alice and wanted to arrest her, but she fled to Dublin. Her son was arrested, but Ledrede herself was imprisoned by Lady Alice's influential contacts. The son of Dame Alice was convicted; his punishment was a pilgrimage to the altarfrom St. Thomas of Canterbury. Lady Alice's maidservant was also arrested and tortured, she gave testimonies about her mistress's witches' practices and was burned alive on November 3, 1324. Lady Alice was sentenced in absentia and her land expired to the government. Then Bishop Ledrede himself was accused of heresy and he too was expropriated.

La Befana : a figure from Italian folklore . She presents presents on January 6 (Epiphany), in a way similar to Sinterklaas, Zwarte Piet and Santa Claus. La Befana is seen as a Christmas - witch or demon from the popular belief, but is now also seen as a good fairy . She has many similarities with Perchta and Vrouw Holle.

Magna Mater : also called Mother Earth.

Malleus Maleficarum or Witch's Hammer : a book published in 1486, the Latin title of which means 'hammer of deliberate evil'. It was written by two members of the Inquisition , Heinrich Kraemer and Jacob Sprenger, with the subject of the evil that witches and wizards do, how they can be traced and which is the best method to question them ( torture ). It became a bestseller in Europe and would be used as a handbook for witch hunting . The mysogenic (mostly women) indications were faithfully followed up by courts and torturers in the period that the witches were persecutedin the renaissance their peak. After the publication many other 'manuals' about witch prosecution appeared, but the influence of the Malleus was undoubtedly the greatest. See also demonology .

Mansin : a shaman from Korea. Usually a woman, the (single) male mansin wears women's clothing.

Mau lek : astrologer and future predictor from Thailand.

Mau ram : medium from Thailand.

Mau song : divinist and diagnostician from Thailand.

Mau tham : an exorcist from Thailand.

Mau ya : medical or herbal doctor from Thailand.

Metal : one of the elements from the Chinese element system .

Midsummerblót : celebration of the summer solstice , see also blót . Is also called summer blot .

Mother's Night : celebration of the new year or of the last night of the Wilde Jacht (January 2), see also blót .

Mōdraniht : Anglo-Saxon feast and Old English word for mother's night . In the De temporum ratione of the eighth century, sacrifices are described during the festival.

Mother Shipton : a very famous witch or medium, it is not known if she really existed. Mother Shipton, however, appeared in many books and her predictions have become part of folklore . Ursula Southeil's mother died in childbirth (1488) and gave her gifts to the child. The father of Ursula is unknown. In 1512, Ursula married a carpenter. Thomas Cromwell visited Mother Shipton and predicted his future. Mother Shipton's predictions about cars, planes, submarines, steel ships and other matters have been published.

Ogham : symbolic language, connects letters of the alphabet with a tree.

Ophiuchus : see snake carrier .

Ohm : a mystical or sacred syllable in the Dharmic religions. It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred exclamation that must be uttered at the beginning and end of a lecture from the Vedas or rather to any prayer or mantra . Ohm is also the international unit of electrical resistance , named after Georg Ohm (a German physicist).

Occult : hidden, only for initiates. By occult is often meant: the knowledge of alchemy , magic , astrology and other 'arts' of divination (with incantations or magical formulas) to obtain hidden knowledge or power. It is now used in connection with 19th-century secret societies, while the name esoteric has become more common to describe the study area.

Occultism : see Portal: Esotericism .

Occultist : a devotee of occultism. An example is Giacomo Casanova; his name became a synonym for women's decorator. Casanova managed to escape the Inquisition from the Doge's Palace.

Ogham : symbolic language, connects letters of the alphabet with a tree.

Offer : Sacrificial altar : an altar for sacrifices.

Ohm : a mystical or sacred syllable in the Dharmic religions. It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred exclamation that must be uttered at the beginning and end of a lecture from the Vedas or rather to any prayer or mantra . Ohm is also the international unit of electrical resistance , named after Georg Ohm (a German physicist).

Unveil :
    
Revealer :
    
Omen : (Latin) a sign.

Underworld :
    
Ophiuchus : see snake carrier .

Oracle : a person, thing or place, important in divination . There are many forms of oracle systems, the oracle of Delphi from Greece (with the Pythia (Πυθία), the oracle priestess) is well known. Another example is the Tibetan state oracle. The bitylia or baetylia (also Abadir called) were out of the heaven fallen rocks, meteorites, which temples were worshiped or in the hands of particular persons were the subject of all kinds of superstition. Urim and Tummim (oracle stones) are mentioned in the Bible, presumably a kind of dice. Dice also play a role in the oracle of Svantovit. In China, oracle bones are known, the I-Ching is known as an oracle book.

Ordo Templis Orientis : RTD; founded by Karl Kellner, a freemason and occultist from Germany. It was based on the Order of the Templars . The RTD said by having the doctrine of sexual magic the key to the secrets of freemasons and Hermetists.

Oudewevenpraat : the advice of old women, in 1981 Old Wives Tales appeared : their History, Remedies and Spells by Mary Chamberlain.

Pa Kua : protective spell , is widely used in China.

Penta : means five (Greek). In chemistry it is an indication for a substance with five equal atoms or groups in a molecule, for example pentane or phosphorus pentoxide.

Pendulum : a pendant, used in divination . A strappado (a German torture vehicle ) is also called Pendel. The pendulum of Foucault is a very large pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault. Because the plane in which the pendulum moves retains the same position in space, it can be used to show the rotation of the earth.

Red Joker : a card from the card game . See also black Joker and joker .

Rosicrucians : is a secret society that was founded in the late Middle Ages in Germany by Christian Rosenkreuz. The members allegedly possessed esoteric wisdom that was handed down from antiquity. The doctrine of the Rosicrucians is a combination of occultism and other religious beliefs and practices, including Hermetism, Jewish mysticism and Gnosticism. The Fama and Confessio from 1614 and 1615 are seen as manifestos of the Rosicrucians. Links are made between the genesis of freemasons .
during the late Roman republic and the early principate

Rune calendar of the Sami, these are four of the six records. The calendar is cut out in reindeer horn.

Aries : (Lat: Aries ) is the astrological sign of people born between about 21 March and about 20 April. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac and also marks the beginning of spring.
Rangda : the demon queen of Bali. Rangda is seen as a protective force in certain areas of Bali. She is the leader of an army of witches and fights against Barong. Rangda means widow. Rangda eats children and is associated with Kálii and Durga. The colors white, black and red belong to Rangda and Kali. It is assumed that Rangda is derived from a Javanese Queen (Mahendradatta) from the eleventh century, who was banished by the king (Dharmodayana) because of witchcraft . According to the stories Rangda tried to destroy the empire, half of the Balinese population died of the plague.

Reginald Scot : wrote the theoretical work The Discovery of Witchcraft (1584). Scot saw no reason to believe in witchcraft , denounced the charlatans who deceived gullible people with magic, and found the witch persecution by the Catholic Church irrational and unchristian. Shakespeare used his work to describe the three witches in his Macbeth.
Red Joker , a card from the card game . See also black Joker and joker .

Rosicrucians : is a secret society that was founded in the late Middle Ages in Germany by Christian Rosenkreuz. The members allegedly possessed esoteric wisdom that was handed down from antiquity. The doctrine of the Rosicrucians is a combination of occultism and other religious beliefs and practices, including Hermetism, Jewish mysticism and Gnosticism. The Fama and Confessio from 1614 and 1615 are seen as manifestos of the Rosicrucians. Links are made between the genesis of freemasons .

Runes : the oldest known script used by the Germanic peoples of Northern Europe, Great Britain, Scandinavia and Iceland from about the 3rd century to the 16th or 17th century. It consists of letters composed of (mostly) straight and angular lines that can easily be scratched into stone or wood. When used on metal, round shapes were also used. The application of runes was called "zippers" at the time. There are different systems, such as futhark (with 24 runes), an Anglo-Saxon (with 29 runes) and a Scandinavian (with 16 runes). The system is used in divination (for example in the Northern tradition ). Tacitus described the "throwing of runes" among the Germanic peoples. A vitki is also called rune master.

Seax Wicca : derived from the Gardnerian tradition , founded by Raymond Buckland . He immersed himself in the gipsy magic and adapted gardnerian witchcraft to his own ideas and experiences.

Seiðr : Old Norse name for witchcraft or sorcery . Also called "seid", "seidhr," "seidh," "seidr," "seithr," or "seith".

Selene : the moon goddess from Greek mythology. She is often identified with Artemis , the eternal virgin, because according to the Greeks the moon was a feminine and virgin symbol. The Latin name of Artemis is Diana

Sigurblót : celebration of the first day of summer during the first full moon after the spring equinox , see also blót .

Shuvihani : gypsy word for a female witch .

Shuvihano : gypsy word for a male witch .

Shaman : a ritual specialist and medium between the human and spiritual world. A shaman uses a trance or alternative state of consciousness. A shaman can become one with the spirit of an animal (animal spirit ).

Rod : ritual tool, is associated with the element of fire . A staff is also called magic staff or magic wand . The staff of a fool or joker is also called a flask.

Splendor Solis : "The Splendor of the Sun" is a colorfully illustrated alchemical manuscript from the 16th century, written in the Middle German. The authorship was attributed to the fictional legendary Salomon Trismosin, the teacher of Paracelsus .

Stonehenge : a prehistoric stone monument that is associated with druidism .

Strega : Italian for witch .

Stregheria : an Italian movement within wicca . Became especially popular after the appearance of Ways of the Strega; Italian witchcraft: It's Lure, Magick and Spells by Raven Grimassi.

Striga : Italian for witch . Striga also means shouting, screaming, screaming.

Svantovit : the Slavic god of the ancestor cult , the divining and the war. Some columns depict him with four faces, each looking at a different wind direction . An oracle was present in the temples for Svantovit .

Symbol : a sign, figure, word or action, in which for an initiate a secret, complicated or difficult word to put into words is indicated.

Väinämöinen : singer, wizard and performer of the kantele, the Finnish stringed instrument. He is the son of Ilmatar, the Air Goddess and Water Mother. See also Kalevala .

Fern seed : a magical plant from folklore , similar to the ferny flower . Varenzaad had to be picked during the night of St. John's ( midsummer festival ), at midnight
Freemasons : a movement, intertwined with hermetic and kabbalistic traditions . In 1717 the Grant Lodge was formed; they used a symbolic system that was based on the Masquerade of Masons Craft. There are three levels: pupil, companion and master. There are gradations such as Rose Croix, Knight of the Pelican, Eagle and Sovereign, Prince Rose Croix or Heredom, Grand Elected Knight Kadosh and Knight of Black and White Eagle. It influenced contemporary magical practices, such as Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn .

Woman Holle : also Holda or Hulda; is one of many demonic female beings from the popular belief, who from their origin are in contact with the underworld. She rules over the alves and gnomes, the white robes and false lights (see fairy ). She has similarities with the marsh woman , Frigg, Hel, Perchta, Cailleach ( Hekate ) and Nehalennia. It is associated with the Nerthus described by Tacitus. Woman Holle is the patroness of the spinners and weavers, there are parallels with the Völva and Norns. Woman Holle becomes the supplier of the Wild Huntseen. Between 23 December and 5 January she looks at whether people were diligent or lazy that year. There are similarities with the Italian Befana and Icelandic Grýla (with cat and the Jólasveinar, a kind of gnome or troll, see also Christmas elf ) and the Dutch Schele Guurte (with cat), who also check, punish and reward during the Christmas period . In the Ásatrú Woman Holle is worshiped as a goddess . The common elder (in German Holunder , Holderbusch or Holleris ) is dedicated to Woman Holle.
Walpurgis Night: party in the night of 30 April on 1 May to celebrate the summer. The current Christian variant is named after St. Walburga and is celebrated in Central and Northern Europe. Walpurgisnacht replaced Beltane .
Warlock : English for wizard or devil artist . The word comes from the Old English wǣrloga (oath breaker or deceiver), the Old Norse varð-lokkur (roeper of spirits) is also mentioned. In Dutch warlock is also translated with witch master .
Wicca : Old English word for a male witch or name of a major current in neopaganism
Wicce : Old English word for a female witch .
Wiccian : Old English verb, means something like witches or magic .
Wichelaar : a practitioner of divination.
Wichelen : making predictions, divination. There are many different forms of swaying. A star diviner (also called astrologer ) does this for example with the aid of the position of the stars; drawing a horoscope .

Dowsing rod : a means of divination . For dowsing , a forked willow or hazel branch is used to search for metals or water, for example.

Frau Holle, or Berchta, and her train; Woman Holle is also seen as the addict of the Wild Hunt, Christmas troughout Christianity , 1873

Wodan and the sword in the tree, Mainbruecke Freudenberg

Divination : see Divination and Magic / Divination .

For divination : see wichelen.

Fortuneteller : a practitioner of divination.

Fortune-telling : a form of divination .

Divination art: the art of divination.

Fortune Teller : a female soothsayer.

Rebirth : the faith connected with reincarnation and soul relocation that one is born again after death.

Sun : the star in our galaxy that forms the center of our solar system and where, among other things, the Earth revolves. See also sun . The Sun is also a card from the tarot .

Libra : (Lat .: libra ) is the astrological sign of people born between about September 23 and around October 23. It is the seventh sign of the zodiac .
Walpurgis Night: party in the night of 30 April on 1 May to celebrate the summer. The current Christian variant is named after St. Walburga and is celebrated in Central and Northern Europe. Walpurgisnacht replaced Beltane .

Warlock : English for wizard or devil artist . The word comes from the Old English wǣrloga (oath breaker or deceiver), the Old Norse varð-lokkur (roeper of spirits) is also mentioned. In Dutch warlock is also translated with witch master .

Water : one of the elements. Water is found in the Chinese, Indian and Tibetan element system and in the western series of four, five and nine. In the Nordic tradition , water also occurs as ice. Water is seen as a female element. In western astrology it is related to Cancer , Scorpio and Pisces . In the tarot , water is represented by chalices and archangel Gabriel. The western systems connect water with the east , spring, dawn and increasing moon .
Sacrificial altar : an altar for sacrifices.

Sun : the star in our galaxy that forms the center of our solar system and where, among other things, the Earth revolves. See also sun . The Sun is also a card from the tarot

Western esotericism : the term academic researchers today prefer over loaded concepts such as (Western) occultism and occult sciences . The three 'traditional sciences' of Western esotericism are astrology , magic and alchemy .

Western Mysteries :
    
Wicca : Old English word for a male witch or name of a major current in neopaganism .

Wikibooks-logo.svgSee also the wikibook Witchcraft about wicca.

Wicce : Old English word for a female witch .

Wiccian : Old English verb, means something like witches or magic .
Wichelaar : a practitioner of divination.

Wichelen : making predictions, divination. There are many different forms of swaying. A star diviner (also called astrologer ) does this for example with the aid of the position of the stars; drawing a horoscope .

Warlock : English for wizard or devil artist . The word comes from the Old English wǣrloga (oath breaker or deceiver), the Old Norse varð-lokkur (roeper of spirits) is also mentioned. In Dutch warlock is also translated with witch master .
Wicca : Old English word for a male witch or name of a major current in neopaganism
Wicce : Old English word for a female witch .
Wiccian : Old English verb, means something like witches or magic .
Wichelaar : a practitioner of divination.
Wichelen : making predictions, divination. There are many different forms of swaying. A star diviner (also called astrologer ) does this for example with the aid of the position of the stars; drawing a horoscope .

Wickerman : an image of a human being made from reed or willow. Druices and wiccas use the wicker man in the present time. Sometimes the Wicker Man is set on fire, at other times it is an idol for protection (often together with the Green Man ).

Widdershins : movement counterclockwise.

Wild Hunting : general name for innumerable myths associated with soul robbery. Wild Hunters are Odin , Wodan, Herne the Hunter, Gwyn ap Nudd, Holda and Vrouw Holle, for example. Other denominations are Wilde Heir , Wilde Heer , Åsgårdsrei (Asgard is the residence of the Asen ), Wuotanes Her , The Wild Jagd , The Wild Lord , Wild Hunt , Odens yak , Odens hundar , Oskorei , Jolareidi , Menée Hellequin , Mesnie Hellequinor called Chasse Gallery . In Groningen the Wilde Heer comes around Halloween. In Nuland, a hell car with fiery horses rode through the fields with enormous speed, hedges and ditches were no obstacle. In Veghel a fiery car drove over the tops of trees, it made a sound as if an iron chain was rattling. It is called the hellish hunt . The captain of the Wild Hunt is called in Aalten and RekkenBeerneken van Galen and in Winterswijk Jagdbeeandekes Heer. In the story of Schele Guurte Berend are called with the dogs and Derk with the bear. In the Middle Ages, the horde was sometimes led by a saint, including Nicolaas van Myra and his servant Ruprecht. Sint Maarten is also mentioned as a captain, as well as the fungus driver

Zenit : the highest point of the starry sky seen from the point where the observer is standing. So it is the point right above the observer.