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Zou Yan is commonly associated with Daoism and the origins of Chinese alchemy, going back to the (ca. 100 AD) Book of Han that calls him a fangshi (方士 [literally "technique master"] "alchemist; magician; exorcist; diviner").
A 15-year-old girl and the titular novice alchemist. She was orphaned at a young age and aims to be an alchemist just like her late parents. Although she originally had long hair, she got it cut short by Maria prior to her alchemist's exam. She later starts an isolated rural alchemist shop, trains, and sells goods to make a living.
Master Geng (Chinese: 耿先生; pinyin: Gěng Xiānshēng; Wade–Giles: Kêng 3 Hsien 1-shêng 1, fl. c. 975) was a Chinese alchemist, [1] and the daughter of Geng Qian. [2] Legend says that during her adolescence, she already demonstrated her intelligence, curiosity, and developed skills in the alchemical arts. [ 3 ]
Depiction of Mary the Jewess, considered the first non-fictitious Western alchemist. From Michael Maier's Symbola Aurea MensaeDuodecim Nationum (1617) An alchemist is a person versed in the art of alchemy. Western alchemy flourished in Greco-Roman Egypt, the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, and then in Europe from the 13th to the 18th ...
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time (いずれ最強の錬金術師？, Izure Saikyō no Renkinjutsu-shi?, lit."Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?") is a Japanese light novel series written by Kogitsunemaru and illustrated by Hitogome.
Jacques Cœur appears in Fulcanelli's Mystère des Cathédrales (1926) where the "master alchemist" speculates that Cœur was a successful alchemist or associated with alchemists and that he was a silversmith in the literal sense, i.e. that he could transmute base metals into small quantities of silver.
While sources agree about the identity of four of the five ingredients of anointing oil, the identity of the fifth, kaneh bosem, has been a matter of debate.The Bible indicates that it was an aromatic cane or grass, which was imported from a distant land by way of the spice routes, and that a related plant grows in Israel (kaneh bosem is referenced as a cultivated plant in the Song of Songs 4:14.
Saber of Black's Master and a First-Class Alchemist. He is pompous and proud, and created the many homunculi that serve Yggdmillennia. His high-handed command of Siegfried causes him to waste two of his Command Spells early on, and is left without a Servant when Siegfried kills himself to save Sieg.