A summoner, sometimes called a fetch,,[1] tanist, or tyler is the holder of a position in many traditional Wiccan covens.
The primary, or at least most evident, function of the summoner is to call other coven members to a meeting or ritual.
(This tradition is generally not followed today, and there is argument about to what extent it was ever followed).
In many covens, the summoner is always male, and is considered the masculine equivalent of the maiden.
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