Wizards : from Merlin to Faust
McIntee, David A.2014
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From the wise and mysterious soothsayer with his long grey beard to the deathless necromancer practicing his dark magics in a forgotten dungeon, wizards have captured our imaginations since the earliest days of human storytelling, presenting us with some of our greatest heroes and villains. This book collects the tales of the most interesting, popular, and important spell-casters from history, including such legendary figures as Merlin, Simon Magus, Hermes Trismegistus, Koschei the Deathless, Nicholas Flamel, Dr John Dee, and Johann Georg Faust. Written to appeal to the modern reader, each tale captures the drama, the tragedy, and the wonderment that has ensured that these stories have survived the passing centuries. Each story is also examined in its historical, mythological, and thaumaturgical contexts.
Main title:
Wizards : from Merlin to Faust / David McIntee.
Author:
McIntee, David A., authorMcIntee, Lesley, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2014.
Collation:
80 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Myths and legends ; 9.
ISBN:
14728033969781472803399 (pbk)
Dewey class:
133.4'3'0922
Local class:
133.4309
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1616362