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Re: Man who fotgot his name
Magician/sorceror should have been used for MEN who use magic.
Checked/verified to make sure on this with LETTERS.
Wizard is not an equivalent term for Maiar.
The actual definiton appears in UNFINISHED TALES and LETTERS, and is quite specific that HEREN ISTARION is used for the five who went to Middle-earth, and that the translated term WIZARD (Istar or 'wise') is in regard to knowledge of the history and nature of the world itself, not a definition of Ainu status.
Under that criteria, I 'could' name anyone at the White Council as one immediately.
But irregardless, the usage of 'Wizard' in connection with men was incorrect. Elves do not seem to fall under this exclusion.
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