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A necromancer is a person who practices necromancy, the practice of magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits for the purpose of divination.
Necromancer or The Necromancer may also refer to:
Characters
edit- Sauron, a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, referred to as "the Necromancer" in The Hobbit
- Necromancer (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
- Necromancer, a character class in the video game series Diablo
- The Necromancer, a character in the television series Charmed
- Necromancer, a fictional species in the television series Raised by Wolves
Comics and literature
edit- The Necromancer, an 1857 novel by George W. M. Reynolds
- Necromancer (novel), a 1962 novel by Gordon R. Dickson
- Necromancer, a 1978 novel by Robert Holdstock
- The Necromancer (comics), a comic book series published by Top Cow
- The Necromancer, a 2003 novel by Douglas Clegg
- The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, a 2010 novel by Michael Scott
- The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest, a 1794 novel by Karl Friedrich Kahlert
Film
edit- Necromancer (1988 film), a 1988 American film
- Necromancer (2005 film), a 2005 Thai film
- Nekromancer (film), a 2018 Australian film
- The Necromancer, a 2018 British film
Gaming
edit- Jaseiken Necromancer, a 1988 role-playing video game by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine
- Necromancer (board game), a 1983 board game published by Steve Jackson Games
- Necromancer (video game), a 1982 video game by Synapse Software for the Atari 8-bit family and the Commodore 64
- Necromancer Games, an American role-playing game publisher
Music
edit- "Necromancer", a song by Van der Graaf Generator from the 1969 album The Aerosol Grey Machine
- "Necromancer", a song by Sepultura from the 1996 album The Roots of Sepultura
- "Necromancer", a song by Gnarls Barkley from the 2006 album St. Elsewhere
- "Necromancer", a song by Judas Priest from the 2018 album Firepower
- "The Necromancer", a song by Rush from the 1975 album Caress of Steel
See also
edit- Necromance, a German Christian gothic metal
- Necromancy (film), a 1972 American film
- Necromantic (disambiguation)