Wicca
See also: wicca
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English wiċċa as a twentieth-century spelling pronunciation, from Proto-Germanic *wikkô (“sorceror”). The modern use of the term was introduced first as Wica,[1] mentioned briefly in chapter 10 of Gerald Gardner's book Witchcraft Today (1954), as a collective noun ("the Wica"), allegedly used as a self-designation by practitioners of witchcraft. The spelling Wicca, again as a collective noun, was introduced and popularized by Gerald Gardner's later book, The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wicca
- A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.
Hyponyms
- Gardnerian Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca, Celtic Wicca, Dianic Wicca, Eclectic Wicca, Faery Wicca, Odyssean Wicca, Reclaiming Wicca, Trojan Wicca
Coordinate terms
- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
Translations
neo-pagan religion
See also
Wicca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Witchcraft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- ^ Gardner, Gerald (1954) Witchcraft Today, New York, New York: Magickal Childe, →ISBN, page 102
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