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magician

magicians appearing in fantasy fiction
Intangible fictional_profession Q148401
magician
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Summary

magician is a fictional profession[1]. magician draws 4,556 Wikipedia views per month (fictional profession category, ranking #3 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: magician[3]
  • Subclass of: character[4]
  • Commons category: Fictional magicians[5]
  • Field of this occupation: magic in fiction[6]
  • Said to be the same as: witch in a work of fiction[7], hag[8], magician[9], wizard[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fictional magicians[11]
  • Different from: illusionist[12], magician[13], witch[14], Mago[15], magic collector[16]
  • Female form of label: maga[17], Zauberin[18], волшебница[19], μάγισσα[20], tovenares[21], magicienne[22], màgica[23], чараўніца[24], vrăjitoare[25], kouzelnice[26], קוסמת[27], чарівниця[28], magė[29]
  • Wikidata usage instructions: Fictional magicians only. Use magician for stage magicians, magician for occult magicians.[30]
  • Male form of label: Zauberer[31], magas[32]

Why It Matters

magician has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] magician is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Johannes Trithemius Sven Combs

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cv', 'en', 'es', 'he', 'hy', 'ko', 'kw', 'ms', 'pt', 'ru', 'vi', 'zh']
    Harper's tag → magicians
    Wikidata usage instructions → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fictional magicians only. Use Q15855
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Wikidata usage instructions: Fictional magicians only. Use Q15855449 for stage magicians, Q2488257 for occult magicians."
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0389151-carodejove, 0203712-carodejnice, 0380534-kouzelnici
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0389151-carodejove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  3. 22w ago · Kolja21 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → witch in a work of fiction, hag, magician +1
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Fictional magicians
    Imdb keyword → wizard
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Gnd id: 4067403-4"
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