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0:00 Mythology is filled with powerful wizards!
1:01 Merlin, the good magician who served King Arthur. A born super genius!
4:19 Morgan, the witch who hates King Arthur. But she's not actually evil!?
6:45 King Solomon, the wise king of Israel. Both the people and demons flock to him!
10:06 Simon Magus, the ultra-heretical magician. He's so human, you can't hate him!
13:16 Apollonius of Tyana, who performed one miracle after another. Could he be considered "another Jesus"?!
16:34 Medea, the tragic Greek witch. The goddesses are the masterminds!
20:26 Circe, the evil witch. Did her love for a hero completely change her character?
22:44 Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary magician. This is where all magic began.
24:36 Finland's great magician, "Väinämöinen." He's an old man, but he's the main character!
27:48 China's most powerful magician, "Taigong Wang." A physical magician who wields cheat weapons!
30:37 Handsome onmyoji, "Abe no Seimei." The most powerful sorcerer with so many legends!
32:09 Ancient magic has been passed down to the present day!

[References]
New Interconfessional Translation of the Bible Executive Committee, New Interconfessional Translation of the Bible, Japan Bible Society
New Testament Apocrypha, edited by Ken Arai, Kodansha
Gnostic Myths by Takashi Onuki, Kodansha
Magic: Its History and True Nature by Kurt Seligman, translated by Hiroshi Hirata and Shigeo Sawai, Heibonsha
Renaissance Mysticism by Hiroaki Ito, Kodansha
Illustrated History of Magic by Takumi Kusano, Shinkigensha
Apollodorus: Greek Mythology, translated by Harushige Takatsu, Iwanami Shoten
Kalevala and Japanese Mythology by Tamotsu Koizumi, NHK Books
Illustrated Arthurian Legend by Andrea Hopkins, translated by Shiro Yamamoto "Popular Edition" by Hara Shobo
"The World of Houshin Engi [The Warring Gods of China]" by Yoshihiro Nikaido, Taishukan Shoten
"Onmyoji Abe no Seimei Ultimate Guidebook" by the Abe no Seimei Research Group, Futami Shobo

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