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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], slender stick, from Old Norse vǫndr; probably akin to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] windan  to wind, twist  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], slender stick, from Old Norse vǫndr; probably akin to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] windan  to wind, twist  

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : a slender staff carried in a [[procession]] : verge

*1 : a slender staff carried in a [[procession]] : verge

*5 : a handheld device used to enter [[information]] (as from a bar code) into a computer

*5 : a handheld device used to enter [[information]] (as from a bar code) into a computer

==Description==

==Description==

A '''wand''' is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, stone, ivory, or metal. Generally, in modern [[language]], wands are [[ceremonial]] and/or have [[associations]] with [[magic]] but there have been other uses, all stemming from the [[original]] [[meaning]] as a synonym of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(shaft) rod] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virge virge], both of which had a similar [[development]].

A '''wand''' is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, stone, ivory, or metal. Generally, in modern [[language]], wands are [[ceremonial]] and/or have [[associations]] with [[magic]] but there have been other uses, all stemming from the [[original]] [[meaning]] as a synonym of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(shaft) rod] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virge virge], both of which had a similar [[development]].

The first [[magical]] wand featured in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey Odyssey]: that of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe Circe], who used it to [[transform]] Odysseus's men into [[animals]]. Italian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy] tales put them into the hands of the [[powerful]] fairies by the late Middle Ages.[4]  In the ballads such as Allison Gross and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laily_Worm_and_the_Machrel_of_the_Sea The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea], the villainesses use silver wands to [[transform]] their victims. In The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe], the White Witch's most feared [[tool]] is her wand, whose [[magic]] is capable of turning people into stone.

The first [[magical]] wand featured in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey Odyssey]: that of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe Circe], who used it to [[transform]] Odysseus's men into [[animals]]. Italian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy] tales put them into the hands of the [[powerful]] fairies by the late Middle Ages.[4]  In the ballads such as Allison Gross and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laily_Worm_and_the_Machrel_of_the_Sea The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea], the villainesses use silver wands to [[transform]] their victims. In The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe], the White Witch's most feared [[tool]] is her wand, whose [[magic]] is capable of turning people into stone.

Magic wands commonly feature in works of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy fantasy] fiction as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_(paranormal) spell]-casting [[tools]]. Few other common denominators exist, so the capabilities of wands vary wildly. Note that wands fill basically the same role as wizards' staffs, though staffs generally convey a more 'serious' image; a fairy godmother would often use a wand, possibly with a [[star]] or some form of decoration on the end, while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf Gandalf] would most likely not (however, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit The Hobbit], he is said to use a wand, referring to his staff, to fight the goblins of the Misty Mountains and their Wargs). In dramatic fiction, wands can serve as weapons in magical duels. Wands are also common in the fictional fantasy world of J. K. Rowling's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter Harry Potter] series.  

Magic wands commonly feature in works of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy fantasy] fiction as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_(paranormal) spell]-casting [[tools]]. Few other common denominators exist, so the capabilities of wands vary wildly. Note that wands fill basically the same role as wizards' staffs, though staffs generally convey a more 'serious' image; a fairy godmother would often use a wand, possibly with a [[star]] or some form of decoration on the end, while [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf Gandalf] would most likely not (however, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit The Hobbit], he is said to use a wand, referring to his staff, to fight the goblins of the Misty Mountains and their Wargs). In dramatic fiction, wands can serve as weapons in magical duels. Wands are also common in the fictional fantasy world of J. K. Rowling's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter Harry Potter] series.  

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