[He calms down and gives Richard a long considering look, trying to gauge how serious his question is and much details would be needed to answer.]
Not in the way the word is used in my native language. "Witches" are usually either old hags or animals who have changed themselves into seductive women in order to lure their prey more easily. Foxes, cats or snakes, for instance. They are inhuman monsters, first and foremost. Things that are better off exorcised.
Onmyoji are humans who excel in the magical arts.
Some also call us Yin-Yang Masters, or Masters of the Five Elements, since our methods center around understanding, manipulating and restoring the natural order of things. I'm going to spare you rest of the details. Let's just say that we are court officials whose duties include divination and protecting the humans from evil spirits, particularly the Emperor and the capital.
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Not in the way the word is used in my native language. "Witches" are usually either old hags or animals who have changed themselves into seductive women in order to lure their prey more easily. Foxes, cats or snakes, for instance. They are inhuman monsters, first and foremost. Things that are better off exorcised.
Onmyoji are humans who excel in the magical arts.
Some also call us Yin-Yang Masters, or Masters of the Five Elements, since our methods center around understanding, manipulating and restoring the natural order of things. I'm going to spare you rest of the details. Let's just say that we are court officials whose duties include divination and protecting the humans from evil spirits, particularly the Emperor and the capital.