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  2. Familiar - Wikipedia

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    A late-16th-century English illustration of a witch feeding her familiars. In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that ...

  3. The Familiars (novel series) - Wikipedia

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    The Familiars is a series of children's fantasy books written by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson. The Familiars is also the title of the first book in the series, featuring familiars, magical animal companions to a wizard or witch. The series consists of 4 books, published between 2010 and 2013 by HarperCollins.

  4. Category:Familiars - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to familiars and their depictions, supernatural entities or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

  5. Familiar (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Familiars, a 2010 series of children's fantasy books The Familiar (novel) , 41st book in the Animorphs series The Familiar , a book series by Mark Z. Danielewski starting with The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May

  6. Category:Fictional familiars - Wikipedia

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    Fictional familiars, supernatural entities or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. Pages in category "Fictional familiars" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.

  7. Pater familias - Wikipedia

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    The pater familias, also written as paterfamilias (pl.: patres familias), [1] was the head of a Roman family. [2] The pater familias was the oldest living male in a household, and could legally exercise autocratic authority over his extended family.

  8. Familiaris - Wikipedia

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    In the Middle Ages, a familiaris (plural familiares), more formally a familiaris regis ("familiar of the king") or familiaris curiae [1] ("of the court"), was, in the words of the historian W. L. Warren, "an intimate, a familiar resident or visitor in the [royal] household, a member of the familia, that wider family which embraces servants, confidents, and close associates."

  9. The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May - Wikipedia

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    The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May is an American novel by writer Mark Z. Danielewski. Released on May 12, 2015, it is the first of a planned 27-volume story entitled The Familiar [1] as well as the first book of Season 1, which includes The Familiar Volumes 1–5. [2] This first volume takes place over the course of a single day: May ...