White Wizard

Benevolent magical elder

A white wizard is a benevolent magic-user in fantasy literature and games, contrasted with dark or black wizards who practice evil magic.

The designation refers to moral alignment rather than appearance, though white wizards often wear white robes: Gandalf the White, the White Wizard of the North.

The term sometimes appears ironically for anyone who seems to work behind-the-scenes magic for good: Our IT guy is basically a white wizard.

Related

sorcerer · mage · enchanter · wise · ancient wisdom · beard · tower · spell · arcane · light · purity · good · sage · mystical · elder · cloak · incantation · radiant

Categories
Opposites
moral alignment in magic

White Wizardblack magician

Evil spellcaster

necromancer · dark lord · black mage · evil sorcerer · Sauron

narrative role

White Wizarddark lord

Evil supreme antagonist

Morgoth · Sauron · Voldemort · archvillain · Lord Voldemort

Family

white, wizard, whiter, whitest, whiten, whitened, whitening, whitener, whiteness

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G