Magician

A magician is a person who uses magic, either:

• A professional magician who practices illusions, escape arts, card tricks, and the like: an illusionist, escape artist, etc.
• A magician, in myth, fiction and some religions, someone who manipulates, or claims to manipulate, supernatural forces via magic: a sorceror, wizard, etc. (See Magicians in fantasy.)

Magician or The Magician may also refer to:

• The Magician (Tarot card), the first of the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck

In literature:

• The Magician (Maugham novel), a novel by Somerset Maugham
• Magician, a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist in the Riftwar series
• The Magician (Ritchie novel), a novel by Leitch Ritchie
• The Magician's Nephew, a novel by C.S. Lewis in his Narnia series.
• The Magus, a novel by John Fowles

In film and television:

• The Magician (1926 film), a horror film directed by Rex Ingram
• The Magician (1958 film), a film by Ingmar Bergman
• The Magician (2005 film), an Australian film directed by Scott Ryan
• Magicians (2007 film), a film directed by Andrew O'Connor
• The Magician (TV series), an American television series that ran during the 1973-1974 season
• The Magician (animated series), an animated television series by Gaumont Multimedia that aired on Fox Kids in 1999

In other media:

• Magician (video game), a 1991 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
• Magician (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics' Ultimate X-Men