![]() ![]() He could sometimes be seen with two purple hairpins, crossed together, holding his bangs to the side. He just allows his hair to cover it for him, although he many times removing them from it out of a habit. He doesn't wear any scarf and doesn't hide his red eye under any eye patch, bandage or sash like Taito do. In adult version also on chest, and are black. Bandages are visible on his leg, wrist, upper arm and elbow. He has a sleeveless dark purple coat that is tattered on the bottom, with dark red spots. The Humbugs of the World, Chapter XXXVI.His color scheme is really dark purple that's almost black dark, bloody red and black.Against Infinity: An Anthology of Contemporary Mathematical Poetry. ^ Gerry Conway ( w), Jack Sparling ( p), Jack Sparling ( i), John Costanza ( let).The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, In All Ages. Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time: The Occult in Pre-Modern Sciences, Medicine, Literature, Religion, and Astrology. ![]() citing Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin ^ Godwin has that his leg was torn out.Albion: A Weekly Chronicle of Literature, Science and the Fine Arts. Bow Bells: A Magazine of General Literature and Art, for Family Reading, Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. In Holub's poem "Žito the Magician", Žito can do many wondrous things, but he can't make a sin ( α ) greater than one. Īppeared on a postage stamp of the Czech Republic in 1997. Mentions Īppeared in House of Secrets' short feature Realm of the Mystics. While many of his exploits can be seen as the product of skilled illusions such as Misdirection and Quick-change, in the past this was seen as the product of sorcery. Barnum, while considering all stories of magicians to be fictional, points out that the story of the butcher closely resembles a story about Doctor Faustus selling a magic trick horse, before allowing the enraged buyer to pull off his foot and leg while Faustus slept. Īccording to Historia regni Boiemiae published in 1552 by Dubravius, he was at the end taken to Hell, in "both body and soul". When the butcher was about to be torn apart, Žito called out for the crowd to look again. The crowd rushed to look and found the proof. The argument soon attracted a crowd and Žito called out that the butcher was actually selling human flesh in his stall. He was angry at Žito and accosted him roughly, tearing one of his arms out by the roots. When they did so, the pigs changed into kernels of corn. In another, he sold a butcher a dozen pigs, under the condition they not drink from running water. While they struggled to remove them, he helped himself to sweets from their tables. Īt a banquet, he caused a commotion outside, and when the guests went to look, he affixed deer antlers to their heads, which prevented them from drawing their heads back inside. Supposedly this occurred during the wedding of Wenceslaus and Sophia. He returned a time later, leading his opponent by the hand. Īmong the tales told of his prowess with sleight of hand is one in which, during an argument with a visiting juggler, he swallowed him whole, except for his shoes. Reportedly, he was deformed and had a mouth that stretched from ear to ear. Žito was well known as a conjurer and illusionist. fourteenth century) was a court-magician of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Žito ( Czech pronunciation:, also called Ziito, fl. Court magician of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, illusionist, scam artist, livestock farmer/dealer ![]()
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