Talk:Hexenbiest & Zauberbiest/@comment-79.97.142.166-20180318150255/@comment-27523265-20180319033545

This is just my personal take on this, so nothing concrete, but based on what we've seen, i believe the difference is rooted primarily in social roles. Consider the traditional gender roles of men and women. Men were generally warriors while women attended matters of the house. I believe that their magical practices, especially ceremonies, reflect this. Notice that we've only ever seen hexenbiests preparing zaubertranke, while Bonaparte took a very direct approach with his powers. Culturally, it is common for different genders to only operate within certain spheres and given the archaic roots of magic in the grimmverse it is understandable that this would carry over. Renard suggested his inability to open the recipe book was due to his sex and not his status as a half-zauberbiest. This may suggest other reasons for the differentiation. Perhaps there is a power struggle between the sexes and both sides are keen to conceal their knowledge. There are likely other differences too, rooted in the inheritence of power. The spell to restore Adalind's power had a strong connection to maternity as we see with her applying the ointment over her womb, and it is possible that the male and female differences impacts the nature of their abilities.