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In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of [[witch]] (which can be male or female, but has historically been used predominantly for females). The term may have become associated in Scotland with male witches due to the idea that they had made pacts with ''Auld Hornie'' (the devil) and thus had betrayed the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith and broke their baptismal vows or oaths. From this use, the word passed into Romantic literature and ultimately 20th-century popular culture.

In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of [[witch]] (which can be male or female, but has historically been used predominantly for females). The term may have become associated in Scotland with male witches due to the idea that they had made pacts with ''Auld Hornie'' (the devil) and thus had betrayed the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith and broke their baptismal vows or oaths. From this use, the word passed into Romantic literature and ultimately 20th-century popular culture.

===France===

===France===

[[Nicolas Flamel]] (1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French scrivener and manuscript seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an [[alchemy|alchemist]] believed to have created and discovered the [[philosopher's stone]] and to have thereby achieved immortality. These legendary accounts first appeared in the 17th century.

[[Nicolas Flamel]] (1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French scrivener and manuscript seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an [[alchemy|alchemist]] believed to have created and discovered the [[philosopher's stone]] and to have thereby achieved immortality. These legendary accounts first appeared in the 17th century.