Timeline for Why do fantasy writers depict pointy hats as the headgear of choice for Witches and Wizards?
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| May 11, 2023 at 16:11 | answer | added | FuzzyBoots | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 22, 2016 at 10:35 | answer | added | Colortints | timeline score: -5 | |
| Feb 17, 2015 at 23:15 | comment | added | Schwern | "Why do you always wear that silly hat?" | |
| Feb 16, 2015 at 14:54 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | Some more discussion of this can be found in the answers to this question. As I said in my answer, although precursors exist, my guess is that the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment from the 1940 Disney movie Fantasia really cemented this image of a wizard's hat in the public imagination. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 6:03 | comment | added | Misha R | Their hats are actually round. It's just that their heads are pointy. Their brain has a wizardry lobe. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 5:43 | answer | added | Necromancer | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 18:24 | answer | added | Amunankhra | timeline score: -7 | |
| Mar 19, 2014 at 15:44 | answer | added | user24045 | timeline score: -13 | |
| Aug 14, 2013 at 20:08 | vote | accept | Major Stackings | ||
| Aug 11, 2013 at 8:55 | comment | added | Mr Lister | In some books however, wizards have pointy shoes. | |
| Aug 11, 2013 at 0:14 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/366351990252519424 | ||
| Aug 10, 2013 at 19:21 | comment | added | Xantec | Oh no, it's just that they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future. | |
| Aug 10, 2013 at 19:10 | answer | added | Thaddeus Howze | timeline score: 44 | |
| Aug 10, 2013 at 18:04 | comment | added | Izkata | Because they're unimaginative... | |
| Aug 10, 2013 at 17:16 | history | asked | Major Stackings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
