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| '''Wizards''' are most commonly found in works of ], such as ], ], ], ], and ]. In modern fantasy, a wizard is more often seen as a practitioner of ] that derives from ] or ] sources, rather than the ] magic used by most popular magicians. | |||
| ==Nature== | |||
| Although this may not necessarily be followed by all fantasists, magic in some stories is the exclusive ability of wizards; which would mean that non-wizard characters, no matter how learned, cannot actually cast spells. In such instances, wizardry could be inherited, or perhaps it is a random ability appearing in some children, or the result of some other unique effect or situation. | |||
| ==Terminology== | |||
| People who work magic are called by many terms in works of fantasy, and the terminology differs widely from one ] to another. While derived from real world vocabulary, "wizard", "witch", "warlock", "enchanter/enchantress", and "sorcerer/sorceress", have within a work of fantasy the meaning the writer invests in them. A variation on the word magic (magician, mage, magus, or even "magic-user"), is often used as a neutral term to indicate any practitioner of magic. | |||
| The term "wizard" is more often applied to a male magic-user, as in ]'s '']'' (just as a "witch" is more often female, as in ]'s '']''). | |||
| However, either term may be used in a unisex manner, in which case there will be members of both sexes bearing that title. If both terms are used in the same setting, this could indicate a gender-based title for practicers of identical magic, such as in ], or it could indicate that the two sexes practice different types of magic, as in ], or perhaps indicating something else entirely. | |||
| The term ] may be used to indicate a powerful wizard, or even a leader of wizards. | |||
| ==Wise Old Man== | |||
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| The '''wise old man''' (or "]") is an ] as described by ]. It is also a classic ] figure, and may be seen as a ]. | |||
| This kind of character is typically represented as a kind and wise, older father-type figure who uses personal knowledge of people and the world to help tell stories and offer guidance that, in a mystical way, may impress upon his audience a sense of who they are and who they might become. | |||
| The wise old man is often seen to be in some way "foreign", that is, from a different culture, nation, or occasionally, even a different time, from those he advises. | |||
| ==Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends== | |||
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| ], from the ] surrounding ], is an example of a well-known wizard.]] | |||
| * ] - the famous wizard from ] and their modern retellings. | |||
| * The ] - four wizards of ancient Greek myths. | |||
| * ] - the grand wizard of ] | |||
| * The wizard in the ] of . | |||
| * Fairy tales about good and bad wizards are collected in '']'', by ] | |||
| ==Wizards in works of fiction== | |||
| {{seealso|List of magicians in fiction|:Category:Characters in written fantasy}} | |||
| * The ] of ]'s '']'' is a stage magician pretending to be a genuine wizard; in the ] the wizard was also a fake. However, in later Oz stories, he studies magic with ] and becomes a genuine wizard. | |||
| * ], ], ], ] and ] - from ] '']'' - are called ], but are really supernatural beings called ]. In ], "wizard" is a term applied only to the five members of the ]. While other practitioners of magic exist in Middle-earth (both good ''and'' evil), they are never referred to as wizards. No purely human character has power to work magic. | |||
| *Ogion and ] (Sparrowhawk) from ]'s '']'' book series, the most well-known of which is '']'', first published in ]. | |||
| * In the '']'' series by ], wizards are numerous, and can normally be found in the ]. One of the predominant wizards in the series is ], although he only uses magic on extremely rare occasions. | |||
| * All male magic-users from ]'s '']'' and its sequels are called wizards. (Note that female practitioners of magic are called ].) | |||
| * ] describes wizards as emissaries of "the One" (see ]), who take an ] to use powers beyond the comprehension of a non-wizard in the service of ], to keep ], personified as a Lone Power, under control and therefore delay the demise of the ]. They are said to still exist in the present day, but due to negative public perception, work undercover. See also: ] | |||
| ===Novels based on Dungeons & Dragons=== | |||
| {{seealso|:Category:Fictional arcane spellcasters (Dungeons & Dragons)}} | |||
| The role-playing game (see below) has several settings in which novels have been written. | |||
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| ==Wizards in Role Playing== | |||
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| ===Dungeons & Dragons=== | |||
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| In the '']'' ], the wizard is one of the base ]. A wizard is an ] user, and weak in ] combat. Wizards spend several years studying magic. | |||
| The magic system--where wizards memorize spells which they then forget when they cast them--was heavily influenced by the '']'' stories and novels of ]. | |||
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