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In this article, I’ll be discussing these three fictional beings about their origins, and the main differences between the three. I hope that by the end of this article you have a clear understanding of what these three supernatural beings are and their differences.
So without further redo let’s get started.
A mage is a person who is also known as an enchanter, magician, magic-user, sorceress, spell-caster, warlock, witch, or wizard.
Well, mages are the people that can learn magic, perform it and then teach other people. Although this makes them less powerful than a wizard, they still have better control over their spells.
These are just some famous characters in movies and TV shows.
Some of the famous books and novels:
Sorcerer comes from the Latin word Sortiarius or the one who influences destiny and luck. They used to employ arcane practices to sway the surrounding area.
These individuals don’t need to learn magic, as they develop it in themselves and they are way more powerful than mages. Being extremely powerful means, they need to know how to control it, if they lose control, they can become dangerous and could kill themselves.
The word Sorcerer was used in the 1500s, this word was taken from the old French word sorcier. The word meant conjurer of evil spirits, and this word also dates back to an old word sortarius, which means a fortune teller. This word is taken from Medieval Latin, which makes it very interesting as it means a fortune teller or fate influencer.
Wizards are full of knowledge, if a person wants to become a wizard, they need to have a lot of knowledge. It makes no difference if this learning takes place in a formal school, a hidden initiatory organization, as an apprentice to a master, or just on one’s own. The knowledge a wizard should gain is as follows:
Wizards and theurgists may share some traits, such as practicing planetary magic with numerous robes of various colors and wands made of multiple kinds of wood for each planet, or (less frequently) summoning and commanding spirits.
However, wizards in fiction typically use magic that produces results right away. They animate inanimate items, transform people into animals, and cause things to vanish. The term “wizard” is not frequently used by occultists in real life because it’s so closely related to fantasy magic.
The Middle English word “wys,” which means “wise,” is where the word “wizard” originates. It initially arose in English in this sense towards the beginning of the 15th century. Wizard was not a word used to designate a guy with magical abilities until before 1550.
A mage is often thought of as a career that one enters as a novice and advances to the level of master via study and practice (as in the priesthood, referenced above).
The definition of a wizard differs from that of a mage as a wizard is a person who is “smart” and “divine” due to an innate power source. For instance, it is easier to think of the phrase “He was a natural-born wizard” than “He was a natural-born mage,” or that a wizard’s talent may be passed down from parent to child in a way that a magus’ status cannot.
Out of these three, a sorcerer is still the vaguest. One who controls fate can do much. One might use the phrase “a mage or wizard commits sorcerous actions” without using the wrong terms.
Mage | Wizard | Sorcerer |
---|---|---|
Latin magus | Middle English ways and wise | old French sorcerer |
less powerful | less powerful than a sorcerer | very powerful |
learn to get their power | have natural powers | have natural powers |
a staff or even hands to cast spells | uses a wand to cast spells | uses hand to cast spells |
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