magus
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a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
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A Creo Corpus effect that prolongs the magus' life by granting a bonus for Aging Rolls, making it more likely to avoid the deterioration of age which typically begins after 35 years.
A version of Magus pleads with Schala to resist; though she recognizes him as her brother, she refuses to be helped and sends him away.
Frog originated in AD 600. He is a former squire once named Glenn, who was turned into an anthropomorphic frog by Magus, who also killed his friend Cyrus.
Clementine Homilies, ii. 23. error The encounter between both Dositheus and Simon Magus was the beginnings of the sect of Simonians.
Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, vi. 15. Apocrypha Acts of Peter The apocryphal Acts of Peter gives a more elaborate tale of Simon Magus' death.
In the 19th century, with the increasing interest in occultism amongst the British following the publication of Francis Barrett's The Magus (1801), the term entered the English language in reference to books of magic.