Proper noun
A
neopagan
religion
that
was
first
popularized
by
books
written
in
1949
,
1954
,
and
1959
by
Englishman
Gerald Gardner
,
involving
the
worship
of
a
horned
male
god
and
a
moon
goddess
,
the
observance
of
eight
Sabbats
,
and
the
performance
of
various
rituals
.