A Hearth-wizard was a rural, and usually self-taught practicioner of magic.Mostly a person dedicated to the brewing of potions, making of Talismans and simple charms and herb-lore.
Boromir: "Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing!" - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring II:10 |