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I am beginning a new series for this blog today about favorite characters.Ā I will begin with magical/mystical characters, but the one requirement for these choices is that they are from books or poetry or drama–some kind of writing.
When I ask who is your favorite magical/mystical character, I mean specifically any character who can perform magic, not simply someone who appears in a magical world.
For me, this is very difficult, because I have so many from which I can choose; among them are Merlin from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory, Prospero from The Tempest by Shakespeare, Harry Potter and Dumbledore from The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, and Gandalf from The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. I am sure I am forgetting some, but I will make a choice, and my favorite magical character is Gandalf!
So,Ā I ask all of you: who is your favorite magical/mystical character?
Being a huge fan of the magician figure in literature, I’d have to agree about Merlin/Dumbledore/Gandalf. But I also love the witch figure, so I also love Morgan Le Fay and John Updike’s Witches of Eastwick.
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All are excellent choices!
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Oh, so hard to choose! I would have to say either Harry Potter, Harry Dresden, or Gandalf, I think.
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All are wonderful choices!
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Harry Potter – I would have loved to have had the first book when I was a child.
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Excellent choice!
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I am sure most will agree with Gandalf, though I have a fondness for Terry Pratchett’s wizard, Rincewind. Although, whether he can actually use magic… or whether it is the other way around… is debatable.
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That is an excellent choice.
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As a teacher I have to pick Minerva McGonagall ā„ļø
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An excellent choice!
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Tom Bombadil/ Iarwain Ben-adar š
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Wonderful choice!
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I’m with you, Nicholas, I’m torn between Merlin and Gandalf and cannot choose between them!
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Sorry, my bad! I mean Charles!
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No problem.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you!
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tinker belle
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wonderful!
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Harry Dresden, after all, he drives a VW bug, who else could you say that about? š
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I think it is morgaine from the mists of avalon….
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I would go with Gandalf, or maybe Ged from Earthsea.
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Excellent choices!
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You do ask such difficult questions Charles! There are so many that spring to mind: Mary Poppins, Gandalf, Dumbledore, Merlin, and so many others. In the end though Iām going with Hermione Granger from the HP series because of her affinity for books.
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Yes! She is a wonderful choice!
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When I read your question, immediately “Catweazle” popped up in my mind, from the British fantasy television series of the very early 1970s.
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I do not know this one!
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Well, like I said: it was AGES ago. “Catweazle” [https://is.gd/JLHzIX] was a children’s fantasy story aired in Great Britain in 1970 and 1971. The main character, who gave his name to the series, was Catweazle, an 11th-century wizard, who accidentally time-travelled and ended up in 1969.
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I think I like Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter.
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Great choice!
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I do like Gandalf, but will mention Jonathan Strange. Susannah Clark’s book is excellent. I wish there was a second book.
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Yes, it was an excellent book!
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Gandalf!!!
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Oh that is difficult! Obviously, magic-enabled characters are in no short supply.
Maybe one of the more unique ones on my list (rather than something obvious, like a Harry Potter character – which would totally be Tonks) is Sabriel, from a book of the same name, by Garth Nix. I found it to be quite a unique read!
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Merlin from the Crystal Caves…
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Gandalf! Hands down.
A new year wish full of days full of joy with happiness for you,
and many blessings from above in everything you do.
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Thank you so much! Happy New Year!
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Absolutely Gandalf. I love his personality, equal parts caring and grumpy, and how he usually chooses not to use his full powers so that ‘lesser’ beings learn to solve problems for themselves, rather than coming to rely exclusively on him. In that regard, he almost seems like the perfect mentor/father figure.
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Yes, he does, and thank you!
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Winter Warlock.
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Thank you.
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When I read you post, I have to confess I was stumped. Does Mary Poppins count? How about Baba Yaga?
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Both count!
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Oh, good!
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Thank you!
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Hermione Granger will always be my favorite magical character. Her ability to learn magic quickly and remember everything she reads is incredible, but she is my favorite because of the magic she sees in books and reading them, which to me, is the most important magic of all š
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Yes! I completely understand.
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I like Mr Pink-Whistle and Moonface both created by Enid Blyton
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Wonderful choices.
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Very tough question! There are so many choices. In the end, I think itās either Hermione Granger or Nanny Ogg.
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excellent choices!
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How about a different type… like Paul Atreides from Dune?
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Certainly.
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Merlin and Harry Potter.
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Great choices!
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Glad you think so!
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Tom Bombadil, as he mysteriously
vanished from Peter Jackson’s
Lord of the Rings movie trilogy š„š¤
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Excellent choice!
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Oh, that’s quite hard! I would say Harry Potter, Hermione Granger or Luna Lovegood.
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I also had a hard time deciding.
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Actually, my favorite is Cinderella’s Fairy God Mother… (I’m a child at heart)
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A wonderful choice!
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Merlin, of course, and Viviane from The Mists of Avalon!
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Excellent choices!
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