Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-121.222.247.118-20140318112242/@comment-90.214.62.129-20150730165034

Smoking.Chimp wrote: Rukathesoldier & Drakwind are correct...it's mages - probably from magister which comes in from Latin for 'master' during the Medieval period. "Magi" on the other hand, probably comes in from the Dark Ages, and seems to be a reference to Zoroastrians - which are often enough portrayed in threes (e.g. the "three wise men") which is probably a reference to the old Zoroastrian "three wse monkeys" proverb ("Hear no evil. See no evil, Speak no evil.")

"Magic" derives from "Magi" who were persian priests. The ancient Greeks who were bitter enemies of the persians used the deregatory term "Magic" to refer to anything that that they thought smelt of superstious mumbo-jumbo.