[HPforGrownups] Witchcraft and Wizardry: What do they teach at Hogwarts????

[Maria Kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 50008


-SophineClaire asked:

>>I've been thinking about this for a couple of days.
Hogwarts has the sub-title of being a school for Witchcraft and 
Wizardry. Now, if magic was all inclusive wouldn't Hogwarts be 
subtitled as a school of Magic, that being what everyone is learning 
there. <snip> But why call a refer to a school as 
teaching Witchcraft and Wizardry if there isn't some sort of 
difference between males and females that require that sort of 
classifaction.

Though, as I said, I could be a purely historic thing.<<

 

I think it's just a historical thing. A 1000 years ago witchcraft probably consisted of potion-making (and maybe some other things), or it's at least a common stereotype. 
Wizardry probably implied something else back then. 

As time went by, witches and wizards all started to do all kinds of magic, but the name of the school didn't change - tradition.

That's all IMO of course.

Regards,

Maria



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