Mages of Notoriety

Throughout history, many powerful mages have become famous for their feats. It is only sensible that I catalogue some of the most famous here

Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga is a notorious Russian witch known for her flying mortar and her chicken-legged house. She is a hag, someone whose use of dark magic has physically disfigured them.

Black Annis
Black Annis was a dark mage that kidnapped children from their homes and sold their skin to other hags. She lived in a cavern beneath the Dane Hills that could be accessed by a hollow tree.

Bodhmall
Bodhmall was a druidess, aunt of the folk hero Fiona mac Cumhaill and wife of the warrior Liath Luachra.

Ceridwen
Ceridwen was an evil potioneer and shapeshifter. Famously ate a young boy named Gwion Bach for drinking her potion of wisdom and rebirthed him as the legendary bard Taliesin.

Chedipe
Chedipe was a vampire and witch who tormented the Godavari River in India. Removed the blood of men through their toes after using magic to put them to sleep and unlock their doors. Rode on a demonic tiger.

Circe
Circe was the demigod daughter of Hecate and a powerful dark mage who ruled over an island in the Mediterranean. Hated men and turned them into animals.

George Pickingill
George Pickingill was a magical healer who lived on a farm in Canewdon, Essex. Introduced French and Danish-style magic to Europe.

Grimhild
Grimhild was a dark enchantress who married the king Gjúki of Burgundy and tried to erase the memories of the hero Sigurðr so he would marry one of her daughters.

Gullveig
Gullveig was a Norse fortune teller given her powers by Odin.

Gwydion fab Dôn
Gwydion fab Dôn was a Welsh mage and cursebreaker who was known for trickery and cunning. Also taught magic to his nephew Lleu Llaw Gyffes.

Hermes Trismegistus
While the magical properties of plants and minerals had been known since ancient times, the mage Hermes Trismegistus was the first to fully catalogue the aspects of them. This later led to the invention of alchemy.

Huld
Huld was a Norse mage who bore the demigod twins Þorgerðr and Irpa with the god Odin.

James Murrell
James Murrell was a good mage who solved problems in the kingdom of Essex.

Jiraiya
Jiraiya was a Japanese mage who could transform into a giant frog. His wife Tsunade could transform into a giant slug.

José de Moraleda y Montero
José de Moraleda y Montero was a Spanish naval captain known to study Magic in his free time.

Kalku
Kalku was an evil Mapuchean mage who could summon dark spirits.

Klingsor
Klingsor was a dark mage who would lure knights and heroes into his fortress and trap them there.

Koschei the Deathless
Koschei is a Russian mage who succeeded in becoming immortal by removing his soul and hiding it somewhere else.

Medea
Medea was one of the strongest and most renowned dark mages in the Ancient Greek era, specialising in poisons. Trained personally by Circe.

Merlin Ambrosius
Merlin, famed court wizard to the royalty of Britain, is said by some to be the most skilled mage of all time. Legend says that he still lives in the otherworld forest of Brocéliande.

Michael Zittler
Michael Zittler was an American occultist who published a grimiore called A Friend in Need; Or, Secret Science.

Mug Ruith
Mug Reith was an Irish mage who could become a giant and turn people to stone with his breath. He often wore a bull-skin cloak and rode through the night in a chariot specked with stars.

Muma Pădurii
Muma Pădurii was a reclusive mage who cared for animals but hexed any humans who disturbed her peace.

Prättäkitti
Prättäkitti was a skilled and friendly Finnish mage taught by her midwife.

Solomon
Solomon, or Jedidiah, was a king of Israel known for studying magic. He wrote the Key of Solomon, one of the most famous grimoires of all time

Väinämöinen
Väinämöinen is an immortal Finnish wizard blessed with a magical singing voice. Apparently born from a duck egg incubated by the goddess Ilmatar.