All 4 Uses of
necromancy
in
The Hobbit
- How he got there I don't know, but I found him a prisoner in the dungeons of the Necromancer.
p. 25.4necromancer = a character in this novel so named because he practices black magic and creates undead creatures
- "We have long ago paid the goblins of Moria," said Thorin; "we must give a thought to the Necromancer."
p. 25.6
- Before you could get round it in the South, you would get into the land of the Necromancer; and even you, Bilbo, won't need me to tell you tales of that black sorcerer.
p. 129.3
- It appeared that Gandalf had been to a great council of the white wizards, masters of lore and good magic; and that they had at last driven the Necromancer from his dark hold in the south of Mirkwood.
p. 270.9 *
Definition:
the art of conjuring up the dead or other black magic