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Magus (other)
A magus is a priest of Zoroastrianism or earlier religions of the western Iranians. Magus or The Magus may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Magus (''Chrono Trigger''), a character from the 1995 video game ''Chrono Trigger'' * Magus (comics), three dark incarnations of the Marvel Comics character Adam Warlock * Magus (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character * ''The Magus'' (novel), a 1965 novel by John Fowles ** ''The Magus'' (film), a 1968 film based on the book starring Michael Caine and Anthony Quinn * ''Magus'' (video game), a 2014 role-playing video game Other uses * Magus, one of the biblical Magi * Shiv Nadar (born 1945), Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist nicknamed "Magus" * The Magician (Tarot card), also known as The Magus, a Major Arcana Tarot card * ''The Magus'' (Barrett book), an 1801 handbook on the occult and magic by Francis Barrett See also * Simon Magus, a Samaritan in the biblical book of Acts * Magi (other) * Mage (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magus
Magi (; singular magus ; from Latin ''magus'', cf. fa, مغ ) were priests in Zoroastrianism and the earlier religions of the western Iranians. The earliest known use of the word ''magi'' is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription. Old Persian texts, predating the Hellenistic period, refer to a magus as a Zurvanic, and presumably Zoroastrian, priest. Pervasive throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia until late antiquity and beyond, ''mágos'' (μάγος) was influenced by (and eventually displaced) Greek '' goēs'' (γόης), the older word for a practitioner of magic, to include astronomy/astrology, alchemy, and other forms of esoteric knowledge. This association was in turn the product of the Hellenistic fascination for Pseudo-Zoroaster, who was perceived by the Greeks to be the Chaldean founder of the Magi and inventor of both astrology and magic, a meaning that still survives in the modern-day words "ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magus (Chrono Trigger)
This is a listing of notable characters from the video game ''Chrono Trigger'', a role-playing video game released in 1995 by Square Co. (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. In keeping with the time travel theme of the game's storyline, the characters hail from different eras of a fictional history, ranging from prehistoric times to a post-apocalyptic future. Creation and influences The characters of ''Chrono Trigger'' were designed by Akira Toriyama based on sketches from the story planner Masato Kato. The development team wanted a diverse cast to reflect the various eras visited by the player; while working on the in-battle actions of the game, they decided to include a playable character that was neither human nor robot. Kato drew sketches for a cast of eight playable characters, comprising a male protagonist, the daughter of a fairy king, a tin robot, a monster man, an inventor girl, a demon king, a primitive girl, and an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magus (comics)
Adam Warlock (also known as simply Warlock) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character would first appear in '' Fantastic Four'' #66–67 (cover-dates September 1967 and October 1967) created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, originally named Him. The character would later be significantly developed by Roy Thomas and Jim Starlin. Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books, the character has appeared over several decades of Marvel publications, and starred in the titles ''Marvel Premiere'' and ''Strange Tales'' as well as five eponymous volumes and several related limited series. The character is a cosmic being artificially created on Earth by the Enclave, genetically engineered to be perfect and the next evolution of humanity. Privy to their intentions, Him rebelled against his creators and sought a new destiny. Eventually coming across the High Evolutionary, the rechristened Adam Warlock eventually is recognized as a hero of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magus (Marvel Comics)
The Magus () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a techno-organic patriarch of an alien civilization. Publication history The Magus first appeared in the ''New Mutants'' #18-19 (August-September 1984). He was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz. The character and his son, the New Mutant, Warlock, were intended as an homage to Jim Starlin's characters: the original Magus and Adam Warlock. The character subsequently appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #192 (April 1985), and ''The New Mutants'' #46-47 (December 1986-January 1987), and #50 (April 1987). The character did not appear again for many years, until ''Warlock'' #7-9 (April-June 2000), and ''X-Force'' #2 (May 2008). The Magus received an entry in the '' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #8. Fictional character biography The Magus is the ruler of the extraterrestrial Technarchy. Due to a bizarre custom wherein Warlock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magus (novel)
''The Magus'' (1965) is a postmodern novel by British author John Fowles, telling the story of Nicholas Urfe, a young British graduate who is teaching English on a small Greek island. Urfe becomes embroiled in the psychological illusions of a master trickster, which become increasingly dark and serious. Considered an example of metafiction, it was the first novel written by Fowles, but the third he published. In 1977 he published a revised edition. In 1999, ''The Magus'' was ranked on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 93 on the editors' list and number 71 on the readers' list. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 67 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. Background ''The Magus'' was the first book John Fowles wrote, but his third to be published, after ''The Collector'' (1963) and ''The Aristos'' (1964). He started writing it in the 1950s, under the original title of ''The Godgame''. He based it partly on his experiences on the Greek island o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magus (film)
''The Magus'' is a 1968 British mystery film directed by Guy Green. The screenplay was written by John Fowles, based on his 1965 novel of the same name. It starred Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen and Anna Karina. Plot Nicholas Urfe is a young Englishman, who has taken a teaching position on the Greek island of Phraxos, following the previous instructor's suicide. For Nicholas, it is a chance to sample different surroundings and an opportunity to escape from a relationship with his emotionally unstable lover Anne. At first, Nicholas' life on Phraxos is uneventful but peaceful. However, he soon becomes involved with a reclusive man named Maurice Conchis, who owns an estate on the opposite side of the island, and has a beautiful young woman named Lily as his companion. On being introduced to the couple, Nicholas' life begins to unravel, and he tries to find out who the mysterious Conchis really is. Is he a psychiatrist? A film producer? A Nazi sympathiser? Or a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magus (video Game)
''Magus'' (pronounced “may-jus”), is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3, co-developed by Black Tower and Aksys Games. The title has become infamous due to the negative reception it received from critics upon release, and is often considered among the worst games on the console. Plot Magus has been imprisoned in a tower in the Waterfall Kingdom and tortured for years. Magus remains handcuffed, imprisoned, immovable, clueless, and powerless, until a new prisoner, named Kinna, arrives and forces him to escape. Once Magus has escaped, their journey to discover Magus's true identity and abilities begins. Along the way they must face the wrath of the Kingdom Waterfall, and battle them in order to discover Magus's purpose. Gameplay Magus uses divine powers, known as "Chroma Magic", which he can absorb from associated colored stones – red, green and blue. These powers increase over time and players can choose to master just one or all three. The game has a skill t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biblical Magi
The biblical Magi from Middle Persian ''moɣ''(''mard'') from Old Persian ''magu-'' 'Zoroastrian clergyman' ( or ; singular: ), also referred to as the (Three) Wise Men or (Three) Kings, also the Three Magi were distinguished foreigners in the Gospel of Matthew and Christian tradition. They are said to have visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They are regular figures in traditional accounts of the nativity celebrations of Christmas and are an important part of Christian tradition. The Gospel of Matthew is the only one of the four canonical gospels to mention the Magi. has it that they came "from the east" to worship the "king of the Jews". The gospel never mentions the number of Magi. Still, most western Christian denominations have traditionally assumed them to have been three in number, based on the statement that they brought three gifts. In Eastern Christianity, especially the Syriac churches, the Magi often number twelve. Their i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of HCL Enterprise, HCL Technologies Limited and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades by constantly reinventing his company's focus. In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry. Nadar, nicknamed by friends as ''Magus'' (Persian language, Old Persian for "Wizard (fantasy), wizard"), since the mid-1990s he has focused his efforts on developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation. According to Forbes, He is the 3rd richest person in India and the 58th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$23.7 billion as of December 17, 2022. Early life and education Nadar was born in 1945 in Moolaipozhi, Moolaipozhi Village, about from Tiruchendur in Thoothukudi distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magus (Barrett Book)
''The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer'' is a handbook of the occult and ceremonial magic compiled by occultist Francis Barrett published in 1801. Contents and Sources Much of the material was actually collected by Barrett from older occult handbooks, as he hints in the preface: We have collected out of the works of the most famous magicians, such as Zoroaster, Hermes, Apollonius, Simon of the Temple, Trithemius, Agrippa, Porta (the Neapolitan), Dee, Paracelsus, Roger Bacon, and a great many others... In fact, most of the material comes from Agrippa's ''Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' and Pietro d'Abano's ''Heptameron''. Previous demonologists such as Binsfeld (1589) had drawn up lists that comprised a hierarchy of devils, and attributed them with the power to instigate people to commit the seven deadly sins. Lucifer was associated with Pride, Satan with Anger and so forth. In ''The Magus'' Barrett altered the "roster of devils" and Satan now became a prince of deluders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Magus
Simon Magus (Greek Σίμων ὁ μάγος, Latin: Simon Magus), also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in Acts . The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after Simon who tried to buy his way into the power of the Apostles. According to Acts, Simon was a Samaritan magus or religious figure of the 1st century AD and a convert to Christianity, baptised by Philip the Evangelist. Simon later clashed with Peter. Accounts of Simon by writers of the second century exist, but are not considered verifiable. Surviving traditions about Simon appear in orthodox texts, such as those of Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Hippolytus, and Epiphanius, where he is often described as the founder of Gnosticism, which has been accepted by some modern scholars, while others reject that he was a Gnostic, just designated as one by the Church Fathers. Justin, who was himself a 2nd-century native of Samaria, wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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