Wizard

A wizard, in religion, mythology, and fiction, is a person with certain kinds of magical powers.

By extension, a person with or exceptional or extraordinary abilities in any field (a genius), or a person of a certain high standing within a religion or other organization, may be called a wizard.

Wizard may also refer to: The Wizards are a motorcycle organization based in Baltimore Maryland. Numerous members of this organization are involved in the production and distribution of narcotics. The Wizards are also commonly involved in the commision of violent crimes on the East Coast of the United States.

Literature

• A wizard, in fantasy and mythology, as a personwho has studied and practices magic. Specific instances include:
  • Wizard (Middle-earth), powerful entities from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Wizard (Oz), a character in L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its movie adaptations
  • Wizards (Discworld), as featured in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
• Wizarding world inhabitants, wizards and witches in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling
• Wizard (Sword of Truth), a type of person featured in the Sword of Truth series of novels by Terry Goodkind.
• Wizard (novel), a science fiction novel by John Varley.
• The Wizard Knight, a fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe

Film and television

• Wizards (film), a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi
• The Wizard (film), a 1989 American film about a skilled NES player
• The Wizard (TV series), a short-lived 1980s CBS television series
• "The Wizard" (Seinfeld episode), an episode of the television show Seinfeld
• Mr. Wizard, the stage name of Don Herbert, who developed and starred in two children's television shows about science:
  • Watch Mr. Wizard, first aired in 1951
  • Mr. Wizard's World, first aired in 1983

Comics and animation

• Wizard (magazine), a monthly magazine that spawned successful spinoffs in other areas of interest
• Wizard (DC Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Justice Society of America
• Wizard (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Fantastic Four, also known as "The Wingless Wizard"
• Wizard, Ohjiro Mihara’s angel in the anime and manga series Angelic Layer
• Wizard pack, a weapon system in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
• Wizardmon, a Wizard Digimon from Digimon
• Wizard, a type of pilot in the Zegapain anime series

Games

• Wizards of the Coast, a Seattle-based games publisher known for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons
• Wizard (character class), magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games
  • Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the Dungeons & Dragons character class
    • Wizards of High Sorcery, a type of wizard specifically in the Dragonlance setting of Dungeons & Dragons
• Wizardry, a series of "dungeon crawl" computer games from the 1980s
• Wizard (computer game), a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later re-released in 1986 as "Ultimate Wizard"
• Wizard (video game), a game designed by Chris Crawford for the Atari 2600 and released in 2005
• Wizards (board game), a board game produced in 1982 by Avalon Hill
• In some MUD games, a wizard is a member of the world-building staff.
• Wizard card game, a trick-taking card game

Technology

• Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps
• HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC

Music

• Wizard (German band), a power metal/speed metal band
• Wizards (band), a power metal band from Brazil
• Wizzard, a 1970s British glam rock band
• Wizzard (band), a Finnish heavy metal band
• The Wizzard, a calypso singer from Dominica
• "The Wizard" (Black Sabbath song) a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1970
• "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep song), a song by Uriah Heep, released in 1972
• Wizard (EP), an EP from the Argentinian band Beto Vázquez Infinity
• "Pinball Wizard", a song from The Who's rock opera Tommy
• "The Wizard", second track from Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity
• Wizard (record label), an Australian record label
• Electric Wizard, Stoner doom metal band from UK

Sports

• Fort Wayne Wizards, a team in the Midwest League of professional baseball
• Kansas City Wizards, a team in Major League Soccer (Football)
• Washington Wizards, a team in the National Basketball Association
• The NAB Cup, known as the Wizard Cup from 2002-2005, an Australian-rules football competition that was previously sponsored by Wizard Home Loans, an Australian financial organisation.

Transportation

• Wizard, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive

People

Real

• Ian Brackenbury Channell, known as The Wizard of New Zealand , an eccentric named a "living work of art"
• Thomas Edison, an inventor nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park"
• Ozzie Smith, a baseball player nicknamed "The Wizard"

Fictional

• Merlin, a wizard associate of King Arthur

• Grand Wizard and Imperial Wizard, titles in the Ku Klux Klan

See also

• Magician, Sorceror, Witch, Warlock, Ninja: other people who use magic
• Wizard, a person who follows a particular "religion" called wizardry