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"Geralt is a witcher, and witchers are mutants. They are inhuman monsters, so why would anyone want to become one? Andrzej Sapkowski takes the word "witcher" from the Polish wiedźmin. But a better way to think about the word is to see its parallel with "wiccan," a person bel...

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Other Authors: Brake, Matthew, 1984- (Editor), Decker, Kevin S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2025]
Series:Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Geralt is a witcher, and witchers are mutants. They are inhuman monsters, so why would anyone want to become one? Andrzej Sapkowski takes the word "witcher" from the Polish wiedźmin. But a better way to think about the word is to see its parallel with "wiccan," a person believed to practice magic. And of course, many such persons were really burned alive out of the thought that they were inhuman, satanic monsters"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 256 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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