Magi (Latin plural of magus, ancient Greek [μάγος] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: gk (help) (magos), Persian مغ (magh), English singular 'magian', 'mage', 'magus', 'magusian', 'magusaean') is a term, used since at least the 4th century BCE, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold. The meaning prior to Hellenistic period is uncertain.
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