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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. | ||
==History== | ==History of people identified as warlocks== | ||
===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. | ||
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Although these warlocks may have been simply legendary persons, in 1880, Chilean authorities initiated a series of trials against accused warlocks believed to rule the archipelago through a secret society. | Although these warlocks may have been simply legendary persons, in 1880, Chilean authorities initiated a series of trials against accused warlocks believed to rule the archipelago through a secret society. | ||
===Spain=== | |||
Dámaso Rodríguez Martín (December 11, 1944 – February 19, 1991), better known as El Brujo (The Warlock) or Maso, was a Spanish serial killer and rapist who, in 1991, was responsible for three murders in the Canary Islands. He was a practitioner of [[ritual magic]] and left [[sigil]]s drawn on the wall of an abandoned house where he had been hiding. | |||
After escaping from prison, he was eventually cornered and gunned down by police after unsuccessfully trying to kill himself. | |||
==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||