List of Magicians in Fantasy - Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

  • Medea
  • Atlantes -- an evil sorcerer in the Matter of France
  • Baba Yaga -- A sorceress in Slavic mythology similar to a witch.
  • Circe -- Greek sorceress
  • Farmer Weathersky
  • Fitcher in the fairy tale Fitcher's Bird
  • Fioravante in the fairy tale Cannetella
  • Jed Berry the lexham Wizard
  • Gwydion -- Welsh
  • Jannes and Jambres from Hebrew theology.
  • Maestro Lattantio in Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi
  • Merlin - the famous wizard from Arthurian legends and their modern retellings.
  • Morgan le Fay - an enchantress in both the Matter of Britain and the Matter of France
  • The Telchines - four wizards of ancient Greek myths.
  • Väinämöinen - the grand wizard of Kalevala
  • The master in the fairy tale The Thief and His Master
  • The master in the fairy tale Master and Pupil
  • The magician king in the fairy tale Penta of the Chopped-off Hands
  • The witch in the fairy tale Prunella
  • The witch in the fairy tale The Canary Prince
  • The old woman in the fairy tale The She-Bear
  • Jafar in the fairy tale Aladdin
  • The witch in the fairy tale The Bird of Truth
  • The witch in the fairy tale Esben and the Witch
  • The wizard in the fairy tale The False Prince and the True
  • The wizard in the fairy tale of The Wizard King.
  • The magician in the fairy tale The Glass Coffin
  • The magician in the fairy tale The Magician's Horse
  • The witch in the fairy tale The Old Witch
  • The witch in the fairy tale The White Dove
  • The witch in the fairy tale Rapunzel
  • The troll witch in the fairy tale The Twelve Wild Ducks
  • The magician in the fairy tale Water and Salt
  • Fairy tales about good and bad wizards are collected in A Book of Wizards, by Ruth Manning-Sanders

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