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From: benn@sphinx.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What to call a female wizard?
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Date: Mon, 11-May-87 19:32:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 11 19:32:47 1987
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Reply-To: benn@sphinx.UUCP (Thomas Cox)
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>>Are you looking for (...) the generic
>>term for a female wizard?

>What's wrong with witch? I've always understood that was the normal feminine
>of wizard.
>					Biep.  (biep@cs.vu.nl via mcvax)

 MALE		FEMALE
 ----		------
warlock		witch

wizard		?????<-i
		       |
		       |
		       | I suggest 'wizard' for both male and female.  
But then, I don't mind using 'witch' for both male and female.  So...
if you need or want separate names, how about 'sybil'?  [From the
Greek, meaning a female prophet, or prophetess if you will.]  Or
the standard 'enchantress', or 'sorceress'.  If 'lamia' weren't 
already a monter, it would be a good word.

By the way, 'warlock' is a term from the Inquisition.  Before that,
male witches were called witches.  

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