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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].
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. “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
  6. Quick the wizard, Kullerwoinen, Struck his fiery, prancing racer, With the birch-whip of his father.
    — from Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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

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