Wicca
Etymology
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Etymology
A twentieth-century borrowing of Old English wiċċa (“male witch”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkô; mispronounced as /ˈwɪkə/ instead of the correct /ˈwit.t͡ʃɑ/.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈwɪkə/
- 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.
- French: wicca
- German: Wicca
- Portuguese: wicca
- Russian: викка
- Spanish: wicca, brujería, hechicería, magia
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