Literary notes about wizard (AI summary)
In literature the term "wizard" often denotes a figure endowed with mysterious powers and ambiguous authority. In Baum’s narratives, for instance, the character is a shrewd, almost comical figure—a stingy conjurer who both deceives and captivates his audience [1][2][3]. Meanwhile, in epic and folkloric traditions the wizard emerges as a symbolic force, embodying both wisdom and the potential for destruction, as seen in ancient verse and scholarly discourse [4][5][6]. Across a spectrum of genres—from the enchanted realms of fairy tales to the analytical studies of magic in ritual and myth—the wizard functions as an ever-changing emblem of magic and mystery, challenging our notions of power and transformation [7][8][9].
- The stingy wizard didn't give me much of it, but I guess there's enough for two or three doses."
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum - If I should go out of this Palace my people would soon discover I am not a Wizard, and then they would be vexed with me for having deceived them.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - And that was the last any of them ever saw of Oz, the Wonderful Wizard, though he may have reached Omaha safely, and be there now, for all we know.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Thus the wizard finds destruction, This the end of Kullerwoinen, Born in sin, and nursed in folly.
— from Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete - “Helgé on the strand Chants his wizard-spell, Potent to command Fiends of earth or hell.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. Guerber - Quick the wizard, Kullerwoinen, Struck his fiery, prancing racer, With the birch-whip of his father.
— from Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete - The alliance is thought to bring to the wizard or sorcerer a great accession of power, which he can turn to his advantage in various ways.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer - A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle again sets in motion the magic pinions and the wizard wheels.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe - FAUST Wilt thou, to introduce us to the revel, Assume the part of wizard or of devil?
— from Faust [part 1]. Translated Into English in the Original Metres by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe