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[[File:Albus Dumbledore (HBP promo) 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Albus Dumbledore]] - Former Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot.]]
 
[[File:Albus Dumbledore (HBP promo) 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Albus Dumbledore]] - Former Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot.]]
'''Warlock''' is a very old term that has two meanings: to describe a [[Wizards|wizard]] of unusually fierce appearance or as a title denoting particular skill or achievement. It originally denoted one learned in [[duel]]ling and all martial [[magic]] or given as a title to a wizard who had preformed feats of bravery (as [[Muggle]]s are sometimes knighted). It is, sometimes, incorrectly used as interchangeable with the term "wizard."
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'''Warlock''' is a very old term that has two meanings: to describe a [[Wizards|wizard]] of unusually fierce appearance or as a title denoting particular skill or achievement. It originally denoted one learned in [[duel]]ling and all [[Martial magic|martial]] [[magic]] or given as a title to a wizard who had preformed feats of bravery (as [[Muggle]]s are sometimes knighted).<ref name="TBB">''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)|The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' - ''Albus Dumbledore on "''The Warlock's Hairy Heart''"''</ref> It is, sometimes, incorrectly used as interchangeable with the term "wizard."
   
 
==Known warlocks==
 
==Known warlocks==
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*[[Brutus Malfoy]] (possibly)
 
*[[Brutus Malfoy]] (possibly)
 
*[[D.J. Prod]]
 
*[[D.J. Prod]]
 
*[[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]]'s ancestor (possibly)
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*[[Garvin Lügner]]
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*[[Jarleth Hobart]]
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*[[Judges of the 1379 duelling contest]]
 
*[[Perkins]]
 
*[[Perkins]]
 
*[[Zaccaria Innocenti]]
 
*[[Zaccaria Innocenti]]
*[[Ernie Macmillan]]'s ancestor (possibly)
 
   
 
===Fictional warlocks===
 
===Fictional warlocks===
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*[[Harry Potter]] saw some "wild-looking" warlocks in the [[Leaky Cauldron]] in [[1993]].
 
*[[Harry Potter]] saw some "wild-looking" warlocks in the [[Leaky Cauldron]] in [[1993]].
   
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==Etymology==
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The Anglo-Saxon ''waerloga'' or "oathbreaker", which passed through a Middle English form of ''warloghe ''or ''warlach ''to become ''warlock'', has two components, ''waer'', "covenant", and ''loga'', "betrayal". The latter is derived from ''leogan'' "to lie", and may consequently have commonalities with Loge/Loki, the Norse God of Mischief and betrayer of Asgard.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
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*''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)|The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)|The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' {{Mention}}
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*''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]''
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
   
 
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Revision as of 08:28, 15 April 2014

Albus Dumbledore (HBP promo) 1

Albus Dumbledore - Former Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot.

Warlock is a very old term that has two meanings: to describe a wizard of unusually fierce appearance or as a title denoting particular skill or achievement. It originally denoted one learned in duelling and all martial magic or given as a title to a wizard who had preformed feats of bravery (as Muggles are sometimes knighted).[1] It is, sometimes, incorrectly used as interchangeable with the term "wizard."

Known warlocks

Fictional warlocks

Behind the scenes

Etymology

The Anglo-Saxon waerloga or "oathbreaker", which passed through a Middle English form of warloghe or warlach to become warlock, has two components, waer, "covenant", and loga, "betrayal". The latter is derived from leogan "to lie", and may consequently have commonalities with Loge/Loki, the Norse God of Mischief and betrayer of Asgard.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Albus Dumbledore on "The Warlock's Hairy Heart"