Magic in fiction
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Magic in fiction is the endowing of fictional characters or objects with magical powers.
Such magic often serves as a plot device, the source of magical artifacts and their quests. Magic has long been a component of fantasy fiction, where it has been a mainstay from the days of Homer and Apuleius, down through the tales of the Holy Grail, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, and to more contemporary authors from J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis to Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Jordan, J.K. Rowling or Mercedes Lackey.
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See also
- Channeling in the works of Robert Jordan
- The Force, a magic-like concept in the Star Wars universe
- Hard and soft magic systems
- Kidō in the Bleach anime and manga series
- Magic in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
- Magic in the Bartimaeus trilogy (Jonathan Stroud's series)
- Magic in the Earthsea series
- Magic in the Harry Potter series
- Magic in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Magic in video and role-playing games
- Magic of Dungeons & Dragons
- Majutsu in the Majutsushi Orphen series
- Master of the Five Magics in the works of Lyndon Hardy
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