Wizards and Witches

[davehoz]

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From: davehoz
Subject: Re: Wizards and Witches
Reply To: [Yahoo! #4326] Re: Wizards and Witches
Date: 7/15/00 12:27 pm  (ET)

>What is the difference between a witch and a wizard?

It seems to depend on what universe you're in... In Oz, types of magic
workers seemed to be define roughly by magnitude of power. At the top you
have sorceresses (Glinda and the Adepts), then Wizards (Oscar Z. Diggs,
a.k.a. The Wizard of Oz), then witches (the Good Witch of the North),
and at the bottom, fairies (Ozma, though she has so many magical tools
she may count as a fairly powerful witch).

(As you can see, magic workers in Oz are disproportionally female...)