Summoner may refer to:
Magic and religion
* Summoner, a person who practices
evocation
Evocation is the act of evoking, calling upon, or summoning a spirit, demon, deity or other supernatural agents, in the Western mystery tradition. Comparable practices exist in many religions and magical traditions and may employ the use of mi ...
, the act of calling upon or summoning a spirit or deity
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Necromancer
Necromancy () is the practice of magic or black magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions, or by resurrection for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events; ...
, a magician who supposedly summons the spirits of the deceased
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Theurgist
Theurgy (; ) describes the practice of rituals, sometimes seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action or evoking the presence of one or more deities, especially with the goal of achieving henosis (uniting w ...
, a magician who supposedly summons deities
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Apparitor
In ancient Rome, an ''apparitor'' (also spelled apparator in English, or shortened to paritor) was a civil servant whose salary was paid from the public treasury. The ''apparitores'' assisted the magistrates. There were four occupational gr ...
, or summoner, an ecclesiastical court official
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Summoner (Wicca)
The Summoner, sometimes called a fetch, is a position in many traditional Wiccan covens. The primary, or at least most evident, function of the summoner is to call other coven members to a meeting or ritual
A ritual is a sequence of activiti ...
, a position in a Wiccan coven
Arts and entertainment
Literature
* The Summoner, a character in ''
The Summoner's Tale
"The Summoner's Tale" is one of ''The Canterbury Tales'' by Geoffrey Chaucer.
The tale is a fierce counterpunch to the preceding tale by The Friar, who had delivered an attack on summoners. Summoners were officials in ecclesiastical courts who d ...
'' by Geoffrey Chaucer
* ''The Summoner'', a novel in the Chronicles of the Necromancer series by
Gail Z. Martin
Gail Zehner Martin (born December 1, 1962) is an American writer of epic fantasy and urban fantasy and is most well known for her ''The Chronicles of The Necromancer'' fantasy adventure series for Solaris Books and Double Dragon Publishing.
Biog ...
Video gaming
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''Summoner'' (video game), fantasy role-playing game originally launched in 2000 for the PlayStation 2
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Summoner 2
''Summoner 2'' is an action role-playing game developed by Volition and published by THQ as the sequel to ''Summoner''. It was originally released for PlayStation 2 in 2002 and was re-released for the GameCube in 2003 with some visual changes a ...
'', the 2002 sequel
* Summoner, a player character who control a "champion" in the video game ''
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for War ...
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Other uses
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Summoner (horse)
Summoner (foaled 2 March 1997) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his upset win in the 2001 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. In his early career the horse showed good, but unexceptional form, winning four races but looking to be ...
(foaled 1997), a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
See also
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Summon (disambiguation)
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Summoning (disambiguation)
Summoning is the act of calling or summoning a spirit, demon, deity or other supernatural agent, in the Western mystery tradition.
Summoning or The Summoning may also refer to:
Film and television
* "The Summoning" (''Babylon 5''), an episode ...
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Summoned (disambiguation)
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Summons (disambiguation)
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Sumner (disambiguation)
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