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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] |
