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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]] 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 Olorin, 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.   
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In the [[Harry Potter]] books, all males with magic powers are called wizards, and the head schoolmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, is a classic wizard who resembles Gandalf in many ways.  
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In the [[Harry Potter]] books, all males with magic powers are called wizards, and all females with magic powers are called witches.
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The head schoolmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, is a classic wizard who resembles Gandalf in many ways.  
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In the science fiction ''Gaean Trilogy'' by John Varley, Cirocco Jones, although female, is the Wizard of the living world of Gaea, with powers of life and death over the Titanides.
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In the science fiction ''Gaean Trilogy'' by John Varley, Cirocco Jones, although female, is the Wizard of the living world of Gaea, with powers of life and death over the Titanides.
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== See also ==
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*[[Witch]]
 
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