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The Worship of the Magi window at Trinity Church, Boston, designed by Edward Burne-Jones and executed by William Morris, 1882
The Worship of the Magi window at Trinity Church, Boston, designed by Edward Burne-Jones and executed by William Morris, 1882

The Magi (singular Magus, from Latin, via Greek μάγος ; Old English: Mage; from Persian maguš and Kurdish mâgî) were a tribe from ancient Media[1], who — prior to the establishment the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BC — were responsible for religious and funerary practices of the ancient Iranian peoples. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg is a Roman Catholic For other churches with this name please see Trinity Church (disambiguation Trinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the Back Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (28 August 1833 &ndash 17 June 1898 was an English Artist and Designer closely associated with the later William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896 was an English Architect, Furniture and Textile designer artist writer and socialist associated Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenid Persian Empire ( haχɒmaneʃijɒn (558–330 BC was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of Ancient Iranian peoples who settled Greater Iran in the 2nd millennium BC first appear in Assyrian records in the 9th century BC.

Later they accepted the Zoroastrian religion and developed it into Zurvanism, which would become the predominant form of Zoroastrianism during the Sassanid era (AD 226–650). Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings Zurvanism is a now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its First The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire No traces of Zurvanism exist beyond the 10th century. In English, the term may refer to a shaman, sorcerer or wizard; it is the origin of the words magic and magician. A magician is a person skilled in the mysterious and hidden art of magic, the ability to attain objectives acquire knowledge or perform works of wonder using Supernatural A magician, wizard, sorcerer or a person known under one of many other possible terms in fiction is someone who uses or practices magic Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a Conceptual system that asserts human ability to control the natural world (including events objects people and

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Etymology

In Indo-Iranian languages

There are two different meanings of the term 'Magi': "From Herodotus' Histories and from subsequent accounts of them, it is quite clear that the Magi were in fact a sacerdotal caste whose ethnic origin is never again so much as mentioned. Sacerdotalism (from Latin sacerdos, priest literally one who presents sacred offerings sacer, sacred and dare, to give is a term applied to the system Castes are Hereditary systems of occupation, Endogamy, social culture, Social class, and Political power. "[2] In other accounts, "we hear of Magi not only in Persia, Parthia, Bactria, Chorasmia, Aria, Media, and among the Sakas, but also in non-Iranian lands like Samaria, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Fars (pronounced/fɑː(ɹs ( Persian: فارس Fârs) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. Parthia ( Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was an Iranian civilization situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran "Bactrian" redirects here For the camel see Bactrian camel. Khwarezm were a series of States centered on the Amu Darya River delta of the Aria ( Latin Aria, representing Old Persian. Haraiva, Avestan Haraeuua) name of a region in the eastern part of the The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. The Sakas ( English form of Old Iranian Sakā, Nominative plural masculine case; Ancient Greek Σάκαι, Samaria, or the Shomron ( שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron Tiberian Šōmərôn NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. " "It is, therefore, quite likely that the sacerdotal caste of the Magi was distinct from the Median tribe of the same name. "[2]

In the texts of the Avesta, the term only appears once, as (Younger Avestan) moghu. The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. Avestan is an Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta. tbiš meaning "hostile to the moghu", that is, hostile to "both the teaching of Zoroaster and the community that accepted that teaching. "[3] This sense of the term, which the Middle Persian authors of the Zend commentaries adduce to mean 'God's gift', is clearly related to Vedic Sanskrit magha (मघा), meaning 'riches' or 'gift'. Middle Persian is the Middle Iranian language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times (224-654 CE became a Prestige dialect Vedic Sanskrit is an ancient Indian language, the language of the Vedas, the oldest Shruti texts of Hinduism. [2] In its adjectival form maghavan, it appears to refer to a person enriched by the teachings of Zoroaster or one "possessed of this gospel. "[4] The adjectival form survives as maghvand in Classical Persian, where it "seems to mean something like 'adorning'. "[2]

The other meaning, evident as Herodotus' magoi for the Median tribe, derives from Old Persian magu and Proto-Kurdish magî. The Old Persian language is one of the two attested Old Iranian languages (besides Avestan) The Kurdish language (Kurdish Kurdî or کوردی is a term used for the language spoken by Kurds. Notwithstanding the similarity to the Avestan language word, "there is no reason to suppose that the western Iranian form magu (Magus) has exactly the same meaning. "[2] "It may be, however, that Avestan moghu and Medean magu were the same word in origin, a common Iranian term for 'member of the tribe' having developed among the Medes the special sense of 'member of the (priestly) tribe', hence a priest. The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. "[5][6][7][8] Modern Persian mobed, derived from Middle Persian magu-pati, 'lord priest', is the unequivocal term for a Zoroastrian priest of a certain rank. Middle Persian is the Middle Iranian language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times (224-654 CE became a Prestige dialect

Greek use of magos

While, in Herodotus, magos refers to the priestly caste and tribe of the Medes, (1. Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. 101) said to be able to interpret dreams (7. 37), it could also be used for any enchanter or wizard, and especially to charlatans or quacks (see also goetia), especially by philosophers such as Heraclitus who took a sceptical view of the art of an enchanter, and in comic literature (Lucian's Lucios or the Ass). see The Goetia for the 1904 book by Crowley and Mathers la Goetia ( Middle Latin, anglicized goety Heraclitus of Ephesus ( Ancient Greek: &mdash grc-Latn ''Hērákleitos ho Ephésios'' English Heraclitus the Ephesian) (ca Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανός ὁ Σαμοσατεύς Lucianus c The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which according to St Augustine was referred to as The Golden Ass ( Asinus aureus In Hellenism, magos started to be used as an adjective, meaning "magical", as in magas techne "ars magica" (e. This article focuses on the cultural aspects of the Hellenistic age for the historical aspects see Hellenistic period. g. used by Philostratus). Philostratus, was the name of four Greek Sophists of the Roman imperial period: (c

The PIE root *magh- appears to have expressed power or ability, continued e. The roots of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language (PIE are basic Morphemes carrying a Lexical meaning g. in Attic Greek mekhos (cf. Attic Greek is the Prestige dialect of Ancient Greece that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens. mechanics) and in Germanic magan (English may), magts (English might, the expression "might and magic" thus being a figura etymologica). Mechanics ( Greek) is the branch of Physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to Forces or displacements The Germanic languages are a group of related languages that constitute a branch of the Indo-European (IE Language family. Figura etymologica is a Rhetorical Figure in which words with the same etymological derivation are used adjacently [9]

English language

The plural Magi entered the English language in ca. 1200, referring to the Magi mentioned in Matthew 2:1, the singular being attested only considerably later, in the late 14th century, when it was borrowed from Old French in the meaning magician together with magic. "Three Kings" or "Three Wise Men" redirects here Old French was the Romance Dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium

Arabic Language

It is speculated that the old Persian word maguš is the origin of the Arabic word majus (Arabic: مجوس ) which is used generally to describe Old Persian religions. Majūs ( Arabic and Persian: مجوس pl of majūsī) was originally a term meaning Zoroastrians (and specifically Zoroastrian priests Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language

Chinese Language

Victor H. Mair provides archaeological and linguistic evidence suggesting that Chinese wū (巫 "shaman; witch, wizard; magician", Old Chinese *myag) was a loanword from Old Persian *maguš "magician; magi". Victor H Mair (born 1943 is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the Old Chinese ( or Archaic Chinese as used by linguist Bernhard Karlgren, refers to the Chinese spoken from the Shang Dynasty ( Chinese The Old Persian language is one of the two attested Old Iranian languages (besides Avestan) [10] He describes:

The recent discovery at an early Chou site of two figurines with unmistakably Caucasoid or Europoid feature is startling prima facie evidence of East-West interaction during the first half of the first millennium Before the Current Era. It is especially interesting that one of the figurines bears on the top of his head the clearly incised graph ☩ which identifies him as a wu (< *myag). [11]

These figurines, which are dated circa 8th century BCE, were discovered during a 1980 excavation of a Zhou Dynasty palace in Fufeng County (扶风县, Shaanxi Province). The Zhou Dynasty ( POJ: Chiu Tiau 1122 BC to 256 BC was preceded by the Shang Dynasty and followed by the Qin Dynasty in China. ( Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a north-central province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess

The modern Chinese character 巫, which combines 工 (gōng "work") and 人 (rén "person") doubled, is simplified from the Seal Script characters; however, the earliest Bronzeware Script character for 巫 is a cross with T-shaped potents. A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Seal script ( Chinese: Simplified 篆书 篆書 Pinyin: zhuànshū is an ancient style of Chinese calligraphy. Chinese Bronze inscriptions are writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on Chinese bronze artifacts such as zhōng bells and dǐng tripodal cauldrons In Heraldry, vair is a "fur" a tincture which is simultaneously a two-coloured field treatment [12] Mair identifies this ancient Chinese "shaman" character with a Western symbol of magicians, the "Cross Potent" (☩, see cross), which "can hardly be attributable to sheer coincidence or chance independent origination. A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other dividing one or two of the lines in half "

Compared with the linguistic reconstructions of many Indo-European languages, the current reconstruction of Old (or "Archaic") Chinese is more provisional. Linguistic reconstruction is the practice of establishing the features of the unattested ancestor ( Proto-language) of one or more given languages This velar final -g in Mair's *myag (巫) is evident in several Old Chinese reconstructions (Dong Tonghe's *mywag, Zhou Fagao's *mjwaɣ, and Li Fanggui's *mjag), but not all (Bernhard Karlgren's *mywo and Axel Schuessler's *ma). Bernhard Karlgren (1889 - 1978 was a Swedish sinologist, Philologist, and the founder of Swedish sinology as a scholarly discipline

Kurdish use of mancî

The ancient Medes are said to be one of many Iranic tribes that composed a new Kurdish ethnic pool over 2,000 years ago,[13] and Magi refers precisely to one priestly caste within the Medes social structure and the followers of their teachings. The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. [14] Scholars affirm that the name mâgî survives in the modern Kurdish language through the traditional endonym of Kurds, Kurmanji, used by native speakers and members that comprise the Kurdish ethnic group. The Kurdish language (Kurdish Kurdî or کوردی is a term used for the language spoken by Kurds. For the dialect sometimes called Southern Kurmanji Dialect see: Sorani Kurmanji: ( Kurdish: Kurmancî called Bahdînî [15] The word mancî or manji is a suffix of the word Kurmancî, which today refers to the sub-group of Kurds who speak a Kurdish dialect of the Kurmanji branch. For the dialect sometimes called Southern Kurmanji Dialect see: Sorani Kurmanji: ( Kurdish: Kurmancî called Bahdînî For the dialect sometimes called Southern Kurmanji Dialect see: Sorani Kurmanji: ( Kurdish: Kurmancî called Bahdînî The prefix simply means child or children. Scholars affirm that the Magi were a hereditary priesthood of ancient tribes of Kurdish ancestry. [16]

History in the Persian Empire

According to Herodotus i. Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash 101, which lists the names of the six tribes or castes of the Medes, the Magi were a hereditary caste of priests. The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. They were highly influential in Median society until the unification of the Median and Persian Empires in 550 BC, after which their power was curtailed by Cyrus the Great and by Cyrus' son Cambyses II. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Events and trends Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. The Magi revolted against Cambyses and set up a rival claimant to the throne, one of their own, who took the name of Smerdis. Smerdis, Bardiya or Bardia (𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 Bardiya) was a son of Cyrus the Great whose name was allegedly usurped by an impostor a Smerdis and his forces were defeated by the Persians under Darius I. Darius I the Great (c 549 BC&ndash486 BC 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavahuš: "Possessing goodness" Having ascended to power amidst controversy and bloodshed The Magi continued to exist in unified Persia, but their influence was limited after this and other political setbacks, and it was not until the Sassanid era (AD 226–650) that they would again achieve prominence. The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire

The Book of Jeremiah (Jer 39:3, Jer 39:13) gives a title rab mag (Master Mage/Magus/מָג) to the head of the Magi, Nergal Sharezar (Septuagint, Vulgate and KJV mistranslate Rabmag as a separate character). The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah ( יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirməyāhū in Hebrew) is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaism The Septuagint (ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt or simply " LXX " is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the The Vulgate is an early Fifth Century version of the Bible in Latin, and largely the result of the labours of Jerome, who was commissioned by It's also believed by some Christians that the Jewish prophet Daniel was rab hartumaya (master of sacred scribes) and entrusted a Messianic vision (to be announced in due time by a "star") to a secret sect of the Magi for its eventual fulfillment (Dan 4:9; Dan 5:11).

The Magi in India

In India there is a community termed Maga, Bhojaka, Suryadhwaja or Sakaldwipiya Brahmins. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Sakaldwipiya Brahmins or Bhojaka Brahmins, is a class of Hindu priests and Ayurveda teachers ( Acharyas ' with concentrations in Western- Sakaldwipiya Brahmins or Bhojaka Brahmins, is a class of Hindu priests and Ayurveda teachers ( Acharyas ' with concentrations in Western- Sakaldwipiya Brahmins or Bhojaka Brahmins, is a class of Hindu priests and Ayurveda teachers ( Acharyas ' with concentrations in Western- Sakaldwipiya Brahmins or Bhojaka Brahmins, is a class of Hindu priests and Ayurveda teachers ( Acharyas ' with concentrations in Western- Brahmin ( Brāhmaṇa, sa ब्राह्मणः is the class of educators scholars and preachers in Brahminical Hinduism. Their major centers are in Western UP, Kashmir, Rajasthan in Western India and near Gaya in Bihar. Uttar Pradesh (उत्तर प्रदेश اتر پردیش pronounced, Translation: Northern Province) referred to as '''U This article is about the geographical region of greater Kashmir Rājasthān ( Devanāgarī: राजस्थान raːdʒəst̪ʰaːn is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area History (For detailed history please read the respective articles of the three western states Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat) Parts of Gujarat Gaya[[http //gayabihnicin/]] is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. Bihar ( Hindi:बिहार Urdu: بہار bɪhaːr) is a state in eastern India. According to Bhavishya Purana and other texts, they were invited to settle in Punjab to conduct the worship of Lord Sun (Mitra or Surya in Sanskrit). The Bhavishya Purana (Sanskrit Bhaviṣyat Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major Hindu Puranas It is written in Sanskrit and attributed to Rishi Punjab ( ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, पंजाब پنجاب also Panjab (پنجاب meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c This article is about the Vedic deity Mitra. For other divinities with related names see the general article Mitra. In Hinduism, Surya ( Devanagari: सूर्य sūrya, lit "the Supreme Light" Malay: Suria; Thai: Bhavishya Purana explicitly associates them to the rituals of the (now extinct) Zurvanite brand of Zoroastrianism. Zurvanism is a now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its First Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings [17] The members of the community still worship in Sun temples in India. They are also hereditary priests in several Jain temples in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma / Shraman Dharma (जैन धर्म is an ancient religion of India. Gujarat (ગુજરાત Gujǎrāt, pronounced) is a state in western India. Bhojakas are mentioned in the copperplates of the Kadamba dynasty (4-6th cent) as managers of Jain institutions. The Kadamba Dynasty ( Kannada:ಕದಂಬರು (345 - 525 CE was an ancient royal family of Karnataka that ruled from Banavasi in present Images of Lord Sun in India are shown wearing a central Asian dress, complete with boots[18] [19][20][21]. The term "Mihir" in India is regarded to represent the Maga influence. Sakaldwipiya Brahmins or Bhojaka Brahmins, is a class of Hindu priests and Ayurveda teachers ( Acharyas ' with concentrations in Western-

Shepherds in Bihar are also called Maghi. Jejuri Jejuri is one of the famous temples in Maharashtra. The God of Jejuri - Khandoba ( Lord Shiva) the husband of Banai (from the Dhangar

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References

  1. ^ Herodotus History, volume i, section 101. Kalku or Calcu, in Chilean folklore and the Mapuche mythology, is a sorcerer or Shaman, usually but not necessarily an evil one Les Deux Magots is a famous Café in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris, France. A magician is a person skilled in the mysterious and hidden art of magic, the ability to attain objectives acquire knowledge or perform works of wonder using Supernatural Magic in the Greco-Roman world is a branch of the disciplines of Classics, Ancient history and Religious studies that has become a popular object of Seid or seiðr is an Old Norse term for a type of Sorcery or Witchcraft which was practiced by the pre-Christian Norse. Warlocks are among historic Christian traditions said to be the Male equivalent of Witches (usually in the pejorative sense of Europe 's A magician, wizard, sorcerer or a person known under one of many other possible terms in fiction is someone who uses or practices magic Gabriel ( Latin: Gabrielus; Greek:, Gabriēl; Arabic: جبريل Jibrīl or جبرائيل Michael (מִיכָאֵל Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; Μιχαήλ Mikhaíl; Michael or Míchaël; ميخائيل Mikhā'īl) is an Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and
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  5. ^ Boyce, Mary (1975). Nora Elisabeth Mary Boyce ( &ndash) was a British scholar of Iranian languages, and a recognized authority on Zoroastrianism. A History of Zoroastrianism, Vol. I. Leiden/Köln: Brill, 10–11.  
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  11. ^ Mair, 27.
  12. ^ Seal and Bronze Characters for 巫[1]
  13. ^ V. Minorsky, Studies in Caucasian History. London: Taylor's Foreign Press, 1953
  14. ^ Who Were the Magi?
  15. ^ E. B. Soane, Grammar of the Kurmanji or Kurdish Language, Part I, p 5, London 1913
  16. ^ A Christmas Anticipation Who Were the Magi? - Chuck Missler - Koinonia House
  17. ^ http://shakdwipi.com/historyintroduction.htm/
  18. ^ The Bhavisya Purana (139, 13-15) records
  19. ^ ‘Indo-Iranian relations’ by Dr. Tara Chand, p 4.
  20. ^ ‘India and Iran: A Dialogue’, paper by Prof. Lokesh Chandra.
  21. ^ `The History of the parsees of India’ paper by P. P. Balsara.

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magi

-noun

  1. Plural form of mage or magus.

Magi

-proper noun

  1. (Christian Bible) The three wise men that met the baby Jesus at the Epiphany.
  2. (astronomy) The three bright stars that form Orion's Belt.
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