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  2. Magician (fantasy) - Wikipedia

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    The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo by Marie Spartali Stillman (1889): A magician uses magic to survive. [1]A magician, also known as an archmage, mage, magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard, is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources.

  3. List of fictional swords - Wikipedia

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    It is said to have the power to kill anyone who looks at it. In reality, it can also kill its wielder, being forged from a meteorite composed of radioactive iridium-80, [30] an isotope of iridium, one second of direct exposure equivalent to a lethal dose. [31] Yūnagi: Yūnagi (夕凪; Evening Calm) is the nodachi of Setsuna Sakurazaki in Negima!

  4. List of mythological objects (Hindu mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Kapala skull cup. Kalasha - the kalasha is considered a symbol of abundance and "source of life" in the Vedas. It is referred to as "overflowing full vase" in the Vedas. The kalasha is believed to contain amrita, the elixir of life, and thus is viewed as a symbol of abundance, wisdom, and immortality.

  5. List of names of Odin - Wikipedia

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    Wand-Bearer, Wand-Wielder Gylfaginning, Grímnismál (49), Óðins nǫfn (3) Gramr Hliðskjálfar King of Hliðskjalf Grímnir Grimnir Hooded, Masked One

  6. Gothic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The letter names are recorded in a 9th-century manuscript of Alcuin (Codex Vindobonensis 795). Most of them seem to be Gothic forms of names also appearing in the rune poems . The names are given in their attested forms followed by the reconstructed Gothic forms and their meanings.

  7. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people include: . List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names

  8. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry.

  9. Elder Futhark - Wikipedia

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    The first three letters of the Elder Futhark, ᚠ (f), ᚢ (u) and ᚦ (th), are also found on the stone. [ 15 ] The longest known inscription in the Elder Futhark, and one of the youngest, consists of some 200 characters, is found on the Eggjum stone , dated to the early 8th century, and may even contain a stanza of Old Norse poetry .