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  2. Harry Potter influences and analogues - Wikipedia

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    The Harry Potter series shares many similarities with George Lucas's Star Wars with respect to main characters, especially heroes and villains, as well as story plotlines. [54] [55] Scholar Deborah Cartmell states that Harry Potter 's story is based as much on Star Wars as it is on any other text. [56]

  3. List of fictional badgers - Wikipedia

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    Badger (disambiguation)#Fictional characters - other non-badger characters named Badger; List of fictional animals; List of miscellaneous fictional animals - including some fictional hyraxes (which are translated as badgers in the King James Bible) Hufflepuff - One of the four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry ...

  4. Tolkien's impact on fantasy - Wikipedia

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    Its success was followed up by the 2005–10 The Chronicles of Narnia film series, adapted from Lewis's Narnia books, and the eight Harry Potter films. The fantasy market accommodated, too, some very un-Tolkien-like films, such as Guillermo del Toro 's 2006 Pan's Labyrinth , set in post- Spanish Civil War Spain, where a mythical world full of ...

  5. 19 Books Like ‘Harry Potter’ to Read Next (Or Instead Of ...

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    Here are 19 alternative books to the Harry Potter series for readers, including "The Magicians," "Heartstopper," and "Six Crimson Cranes"

  6. List of fictional universes in literature - Wikipedia

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    Harry Potter universe: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: 1997 J. K. Rowling: The fictional universe of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels comprises two separate and distinct societies: a Muggle world (our own world) and a "wizarding world" (various magically hidden places throughout the world). Heechee Saga: Gateway: 1977

  7. List of fantasy worlds - Wikipedia

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    Fictional universe of Harry Potter: J. K. Rowling: The Wizarding World co-exists with and is mainly hidden from the mundane world of the non-magical Muggles. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: 1997: N F G P The Homelands: Bill Willingham: Setting of the Fables comics and spin-offs based on fairy tales, folklore, and nursery rhymes ...

  8. Magician (fantasy) - Wikipedia

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    In modern fiction, a witch may be depicted more neutrally, such as the female witches (comparable to the male wizards) in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. In medieval chivalric romance, the wizard often appears as a wise old man and acts as a mentor, with Merlin from the King Arthur stories being a prime example.

  9. Centaurs in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Centaurs have appeared in the Harry Potter film series, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as well as in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and also in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. In the movie Step Brothers, John C. Reilly's character Dale appears as a centaur in a dream sequence.