wand A wand is a thin, light-weight rod that is held with one hand, and is traditionally made of wood, but may also be made of other materials, such as metal or plastic. Long versions of wands are often styled in forms of staves or sceptres, which c ...

is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, ivory, or metal. Wand or magic wand may also refer to:

People

Günter Wand Günter Wand (7 January 1912, in Elberfeld, Germany – 14 February 2002, in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne Conservatory, he was a co ...

, a German orchestra conductor and composer *

Hart Wand Hart Ancker Wand (March 3, 1887 – August 9, 1960), was an American early fiddler and bandleader from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was of German extraction. In the musical world he is chiefly noted for publishing the "Dallas Blues" in March 1912 ( ...

, an early white American blues musician and composer from Oklahoma City * John W C Wand, an Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, Australia *

Seth Wand Seth (The Cannon) Phillip Wand (born August 6, 1979) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Northwest Missouri State. Wand also ...

, an American football offensive tackle * Walter Rudi Wand, a German judge *

Wand Bewossen Dejazmach Wand Bewossen (died 10 December 1777) was a prominent figure in Ethiopian history. He was governor of Lasta and later Begemeder. He was on the losing side in the Battle of Nefas Mewcha (1769), but one of the victorious generals in the T ...

, a military figure in Ethiopian history *

Wanderlei Silva Wanderlei César da Silva ( , , ; born 3 July 1976) is a Brazilian-American former mixed martial artist who competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the American-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He holds the record for the ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist

Music

* Wand (band), an American psychedelic rock band *

Wands (band) (stylized as WANDS) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 and active until 2000 under the label B-Gram Records. In 2019, the band reunited with a new vocalist, Daishi Uehara, and two former members, Shibasaki and Kimura, under the D-Go recordin ...

, a 3-member Japanese rock music group *

Wand Records Wand Records was an American independent record label, started by Florence Greenberg in 1961 as a subsidiary of Scepter Records. Artists on Wand Records included The Isley Brothers, The Kingsmen, Mel Wynn & the Rhythm Aces, Chuck Jackson, and the ...

, a record company *"

The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" (usually shortened to "W.A.N.D.") is a song by The Flaming Lips, featured on their 2006 album ''At War with the Mystics''. Release information "The W.A.N.D." was initially released on online store ...

," a song by The Flaming Lips *

Magic Wands (band) Magic Wands is an American rock band, originally from Nashville, Tennessee, and currently based in Los Angeles, California. History The band was formed by Chris Valentine (guitar, vocals) and Dexy Valentine (guitar, keyboards, vocals) in summer 2 ...

, a band from Los Angeles, CA

Media

WAND (TV) WAND (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Decatur, Illinois, United States, serving the Central Illinois region as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Block Communications, the station maintains studios on South Side Drive in Decatur, and ...

, an NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois * Magic Wand (software), a word-processing program for CP/M-based computers first released in 1979 *

Nyko Wand The Wand is a line of game controllers released by Nyko as third-party alternatives to the official Nintendo Wii Remote. The original Wand duplicated the functionality of the Wii Remote, while the updated Wand+ added internal replication of the ...

, a 3rd-party alternative to the Wii Remote * Magic Wand Speak & Learn, an electronic educational toy introduced in 1982 by Texas Instruments

Erotic

Wand vibrator A wand vibrator is a massaging device which is often also used as a vibrator and a sex toy. It consists of a rounded vibrating ball attached to a handle. The vibration is provided by an electric motor in the handle that rotates an unbalanced flyw ...

, a type of vibrator *

Hitachi Magic Wand The Hitachi Magic Wand (renamed Magic Wand Original and Original Magic Wand) is an AC-powered wand vibrator. It was originally manufactured for relieving tension and relaxing sore muscles, however, it is most known for its use as a sex toy. Japa ...

, a well-known brand of wand vibrator *

Prince's wand The prince's wand (also known as a penis plug) is a piece of body piercing jewelry. It consists of a hollow tube with a threaded cap at the end. The tube is inserted into the urethra, and a stem is inserted through a Prince Albert piercing and int ...

, a piece of body piercing jewellery * Violet wand, a device used for the application of low current, high voltage, high frequency electricity to the body

Tarot

Suit of Wands The Suit of Wands is one of four suits in tarot, collectively known as the Minor Arcana. Like the other tarot suits, the suit of wands contains fourteen cards: ace (one), two through ten, page and knight (sometimes referred to as princess and princ ...

, a card suit used in tarot ** Ace of Wands, the ace card from the suit Suit of Wands **

Two of Wands Two of Wands is a Minor Arcana Tarot card. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory ...

, the second card from the Suit of Wands **

Three of Wands Three of Wands or Three of Batons is a playing card of the suit of wands. In Tarot, it is a Minor Arcana card. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games. In English-speaking countries, where the games are largel ...

, the third card from the Suit of Wands **

Four of Wands Four of Wands is a card used in Latin suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana". Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games. In English-speaking ...

, the fourth card from the Suit of Wands **

Five of Wands Five of Wands or Batons is a card used in Latin suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana". Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games. In English- ...

, the fifth card from the Suit of Wands **

Six of Wands Six of wands or batons is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards, which include tarot, tarot decks. It is part of what tarot reading, tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana," the six of wands cards in divination decks with illustrated pip ca ...

, the sixth card from the Suit of Wands **

Seven of Wands Seven of Wands is a Minor Arcana tarot card. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games. In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory ...

, the seventh card from the Suit of Wands **

Eight of Wands Eight of Wands is a Minor Arcana Tarot card. In the Rider–Waite deck, the card shows eight diagonal staves of staggered length angled across an open landscape with river, as designed by artist Pamela Colman Smith. Tarot cards are used throughou ...

, the eighth card from the Suit of Wands **

Nine of Wands Nine of Wands is a Minor Arcana Tarot card. Divinatory purposes This card depicts a figure, weary from battle yet prepared to fight on. Order, discipline an unassailable position. Any opposition will be defeated. Courage in the face of attack o ...

, the ninth card from the Suit of Wands **

Ten of Wands Ten of Wands is a Minor Arcana Tarot card of the Suit of Wands. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came to be utilized primar ...

, the tenth card from the Suit of Wands **

Knight of Wands Knight of Wands or Batons is a card used in Latin suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the Minor Arcana. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. In English- ...

, the knight card from the Suit of Wands **

Queen of Wands The Queen of Wands is a court card in the Minor Arcana set of the Tarot. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be util ...

, the queen card from the Suit of Wands **

King of Wands King of Wands or Batons is a card used in Latin suited playing cards which include Italian, Spanish and tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana" Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card ...

, the king card from the Suit of Wands

Other uses

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Wand (Wall) ''Wand (Wall)'' is an oil painting by Gerhard Richter executed in 1994. It was in Richter's private collection for over 15 years before he sold it to the Wako Works of Art gallery in Tokyo in 2010. It was sold at Sotheby's Sotheby's () is ...

'', a 1994 painting by Gerhard Richter *

Women's Action for New Directions Women's Action for New Directions or WAND is a volunteer-run progressive nonprofit organization in the United States that says it "builds women's political power to advocate for peace and security." History In the early 1980s, anti-nuclear activ ...

, a nonprofit organization * Magic Wand (missile defense), or David's Sling, an Israeli-American interception system *Magic wand, a selection tool in image-editing software *Magic wand, an operator in separation logic *

W And W Andromedae is a variable star in the constellation of Andromeda. It is classified as a Mira variable and S-type star, and varies from an apparent visual magnitude Apparent magnitude () is a measure of the brightness of a star or o ...

, a variable star {{Disambiguation, surname, callsign