Wiccatru

English

Etymology

Blend of Wicca +‎ Asatru.

Proper noun

Wiccatru

1. (slang, usually derogatory) A syncretic form of Asatru that incorporates Wiccan beliefs, practices, or elements.
   • 2001 September 27, Dirk Bruere, “Re: What is Asatru?”, in alt.religion.asatru‎^[1] (Usenet):

     'Northern' can refer to any ragbag of Wiccatru slung together to sell a book to suckers.

   • 2003 January 11, Rorik, “Re: Wicca-Asatru”, in alt.religion.asatru‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Interesting? To whom? Asatruar have been laughing at this childish gibberish for almost a decade now, although Wiccans seem to find it very profound. So why are you banging the tin drum for Wiccatru, anyway?

   • 2021, Diana L. Paxson, Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism, unnumbered page:

     Some heathens denigrate such practices as “Wiccatru.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wiccatru.

Noun

Wiccatru (countable and uncountable, plural Wiccatrus or Wiccatru)

1. (slang, usually derogatory) A person who practices this form of Asatru.
   • 2002 February 22, Michael Kouvatsos, “Re: Information On Asatru”, in alt.religion.asatru‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Most of the information provided by this obvious Wiccatru is decent ... although the idea of using an ATHAME??? I'm sorry, Asatruar dont have an athame ...

   • 2002 May 3, bowman, “Re: Pastor Perry F. Rockwood”, in alt.religion.asatru‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Whatever religion we used to arrive at our core values, I find myself more comfortable with them than many crystal polishing new age pagans or Wiccatru.

   • 2015, Jennifer Snook, American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement, page 40:

     On a public Heathen discussion forum, one member posted a mocking description of “Wiccatru,” a derogatory term used by Heathens to refer to Heathenry that has been “tainted” by Wiccan or New Age influence. The Wiccatru, he writes, are “like, OMG [Oh My God], when we called the four quarters Freya showed up and said she was totally like, earth power, and stuff. Then we chanted over our crystals to Sif and had a Vegan lunch. Then, whoah, we went off to protest something The Establishment was ­doing.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wiccatru.