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  2. Magician (fantasy) - Wikipedia

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    The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo by Marie Spartali Stillman (1889): A magician uses magic to survive. [1]A magician, also known as an archmage, mage, magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard, is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources.

  3. Category:Fictional characters who use magic - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fictional characters who use magic" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 526 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. History of magic - Wikipedia

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    Black magic as a category didn't exist in ancient Mesopotamia, and a person legitimately using magic to defend themselves against illegitimate magic would use exactly the same techniques. [4] The only major difference was the fact that curses were enacted in secret; [ 4 ] whereas a defense against sorcery was conducted in the open, in front of ...

  5. Magic in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Within a work of fantasy, magic can help to advance the plot, often providing power to heroes or to their opponents. The use of magic frequently manifests itself in a transformation of a character, if not the transformation of the fictional world. [2]: 143 For magic to carry out its functions, it often comes at a price equal to its value.

  6. List of fictional deities - Wikipedia

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    This is a navigational list of deities exclusively from fictional works, organized primarily by media type then by title of the fiction work, series, franchise or author. . This list does not include deities worshipped by humans in real life that appear in fictional works unless they are distinct enough to be mentioned in a Wikipedia article separate from the articles for the entities they are ...

  7. Enchantress - Wikipedia

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    Pincoya, in Chiloean mythology, a cheerful and sensual female water spirit of the Chilotan Seas that is of incomparable beauty and rises from the depths of the sea; Rusalka, in Slavic mythology, a female ghost, water nymph, succubus or mermaid-like demon that dwells in a waterway, sometimes luring handsome men to their deaths

  8. Category:Witchcraft in folklore and mythology - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Magic deities (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Witchcraft in folklore and mythology"

  9. Magic in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    They also appeared to have revered a number of local deities and spirits in addition to holding nature and specific natural formations in high regard. lack of surviving evidence makes it unclear what Anglo-Saxon people believed the relationship between magic and the gods was like, although from examining the Norse mythological story surrounding ...