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A '''wizard''' is popular fictional character, often benevolent but usually feared, who has supernatural powers (often called "magic").
A '''wizard''' is popular fictional character, often benevolent but usually feared, who has supernatural powers (often called "magic").
The quintessential wizard is [[Gandalf]], in the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], who is revealed to be the Maia Olorin, an angelic being sent from the far West with a human body and the power to inspire the good people of [[Middle Earth|Middle-earth]] to great deeds resisting the evil of [[Sauron]].
The quintessential wizard is [[Gandalf]], in the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], who is revealed to be the Maia Olórin, an angelic being sent from the far West with a human body and the power to inspire the good people of [[Middle-earth]] to great deeds resisting the evil of [[Sauron]].
In the [[Harry Potter]] books, all males with magic powers are called wizards, and all females with magic powers are called [[Witch|witches]].
In the [[Harry Potter]] books, all males with magic powers are called wizards, and all females with magic powers are called [[Witch|witches]].
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Occult]] (Biblical prohibitions)
*[[Occult]] (Biblical prohibitions)
[[category:fantasy]]
[[Category:Fantasy]]