More Urbanomancy
Earl Wajenberg
earlw at mc.com
Wed Feb 3 06:20:12 PST 1999
While we're on the subject of etymology in the names of
magic schools, here's a nit: "-mancy" is for forms of divination,
so that "necromancy" is primarily getting information from
the dead. If a school of magic is primarily for DOING stuff,
the ending root should probably be "-urgy," from "ergos," work.
"Theurgy" is "god-work," a fancy name for "white magic," and
"thaumaturgy" is "wonder-working," a fancy synonynm for magic
in general. "Demonurgy" is "devil-work," black magic.
Urbanurgy? Polisurgy?
Earl
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