magikē (English spelling) magike

Japanese: magikē(英語表記)magike
magikē (English spelling) magike

...For the first meaning, see the entry on magic, and for the second, see the entry on sorcery. The English word magic comes from the Greek word magikē, meaning the art of magos. Magos (in Latin, magus, the plural is magi) refers to the priestly class of the Median Empire and Zoroastrianism, who communicated with the invisible world by controlling fire and demonstrated various magical and magical powers.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "magikē" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第1の意味については〈奇術〉の項目を,第2の意味については〈呪術〉の項目を参照されたい。 マジックという英語は,ギリシア語のマギケmagikēつまり〈マゴスmagosの技術〉に由来する。マゴス(ラテン語ではマグスでその複数形がマギ)とはメディア王国やゾロアスター教の神官階級を指し,彼らは火を統御することにより不可視の世界と交わり,さまざまな神変加持力を発揮していた。…

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