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A magician, also known as an archimage, 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. [2] : 54 Magicians enjoy a rich history in mythology, legends, fiction, and folklore, and are common ...
Lina Inverse (リナ・インバース, Rina Inbāsu) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the comic fantasy -themed light novel, manga and anime series Slayers. Lina Inverse is a young yet very powerful sorceress travelling the world in search of adventure and treasure. Lina has been consistently voiced by Megumi Hayashibara in ...
The word tongji 童乩 (lit. "youth diviner") "shaman; spirit-medium" is a near-synonym of wu. Chinese uses phonetic transliteration to distinguish native wu from "Siberian shaman": saman 薩滿 or saman 薩蠻. "Shaman" is occasionally written with Chinese Buddhist transcriptions of Shramana "wandering monk; ascetic": shamen 沙門, sangmen ...
Sorcerer Hunters (爆れつハンター, Bakuretsu Hantā) is a Japanese light novel and manga series, written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Ray Omishi. Akahori and Omishi also published Sorcerer Hunters Special, a one-volume story set sometime after the series' conclusion. In the United States the manga was serialized in MixxZine ...
Witch doctor. Two Lassa witch doctors in Nigeria. A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor) was originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. [1] The term is now more commonly used to refer to healers, particularly in regions which use traditional healing rather than contemporary medicine .
Character class. In tabletop games and video games, a character class is an occupation, profession, or role assigned to a game character to highlight and differentiate their abilities and specializations. [1] In role-playing games (RPGs), character classes aggregate several abilities and aptitudes, and may also detail aspects of background and ...
Silver Sorceress makes a brief cameo appearance in issue #4 of the JLA/Avengers crossover miniseries. With other spellcasters, she tries to stop Krona bringing reinforcements. A new version of the Silver Sorceress appears in Lord Havok and The Extremists #5. A denizen of Earth-8, she is called Anna and is the daughter of Doctor Diehard. She ...
The Sorceress of Endor, detail of The Shade of Samuel Invoked by Saul (Dmitry Nikiforovich Martynov, 1857). The Witch of Endor (Hebrew: בַּעֲלַת־אֹוב בְּעֵין דּוֹר baʿălaṯ-ʾōḇ bəʿĒyn Dōr, "mistress of the ʾōḇ in Endor") is a woman who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was consulted by Saul to summon the spirit of the prophet Samuel.