Where does the general aesthetic from wizards come from?

Where does the general aesthetic from wizards come from?

The robes, stupid hat and walking stick look came from Gandalf who was inspired by Odin.

Also maybe Moses.

Didn't it have something to do with Zoroastrian mystics or something?

LSD

Take a break, it's already stale

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

Monks, priests, philosophers, astrologers, alchemists. Any smart dude of history really.
People of the modern day are simply too stupid to realise that robes are stylish and comfy as fuck.

Moses and King Solomon.

Merlin.

What did Marlin look like

Like your mother; hence the dress and the beard.

Old men.

Mysticism was huge in the middle east and most wizardy folk lore has it's origins there. The western equivalent is shamanism and witchcraft.

Merlin

>get old learning shit
>have beard
>need walking stick
>don't want to put on pants

easy

kek

Superior noble scholars.

The contrast of the Germanic wanderer-wizard and Israelite sorcerer-king is interesting. I wonder if Tolkien was drawing on it.

I have no idea. I like my mages all kind of different ages though.

Here's your character's apprentice by the way.

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