necromancer
Conjurer of corpses
A necromancer is someone who practices necromancy—magic involving communication with the dead, typically to divine the future or gain forbidden knowledge.
In fantasy literature and games, necromancers raise corpses as undead servants or wield death-related powers: The necromancer summoned an army of skeletons.
The term carries dark, sinister connotations.
Male practitioner of dark magic
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
- magePractitioner of sorcery
- witchPractitioner of dark arts
- conjurerPerformer of magic tricks
diabolist · summoner · spellcaster · adept · master · apprentice · acolyte
Reanimated dead body
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
- lichUndead mage with phylactery
- wightArchaic term for creature
revenant · wraith · vampire · mummy · risen · reanimation · thrall · horde
Deceased human body
- cadaverBody for dissection
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
funeral · reaper · mortician · obituary · sepulcher · mausoleum · hearse · interment
Calling forth deliberately
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- pentagramFive-pointed mystical star
- altarSacred ritual table
- candlesWax lights with wicks
chanting · circle · conjuration · sigil · seance · sacrifice · blood · bones
Textbook of sorcery
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- forbiddenNot allowed
- esotericAccessible to few
- spellbookVolume containing magical instructions
hex · curse · enchantment · sorcery · occultism · mysticism · eldritch · taboo
Apparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
poltergeist · banshee · ethereal · ectoplasm · haunting · manifestation · disembodied · soul
warlock
Male practitioner of dark magic
conjurer · diabolist · summoner · spellcaster · adept · master · apprentice · acolyte
zombie
Reanimated dead body
wight · revenant · wraith · vampire · mummy · risen · reanimation · thrall · horde · minion
corpse
Deceased human body
decomposition · funeral · reaper · mortician · obituary · sepulcher · mausoleum · hearse · interment · pallbearer
summoning
Calling forth deliberately
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- pentagramFive-pointed mystical star
- altarSacred ritual table
candles · chanting · circle · conjuration · sigil · seance · sacrifice · blood · bones · invocation
grimoire
Textbook of sorcery
spellbook · hex · curse · enchantment · sorcery · occultism · mysticism · eldritch · taboo · unholy
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
shade · poltergeist · banshee · ethereal · ectoplasm · haunting · manifestation · disembodied · soul · communion
- dark mageswarlock, black mage, black magician, lich, demonologist
- dark wizardsevil sorcerer, warlock, lich, Voldemort, Saruman
- mancerspyromancer, geomancer, hydromancer, technomancer
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- fantasy fictionepic fantasy, high fantasy, low fantasy, dark fantasy, urban fantasy