History Main / MagicalRomani

** Comicbook/MadameXanadu is a 'good witch' who'd help people out with their supernatural difficulties. Seen as first as a FortuneTeller, later is revealed she was Characters/{{Nimue}} and the sister of Morgana Le Fay, being an important character for all DC's magical universe.

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Related to FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Supertrope to GypsyCurse (which they may cast). Compare to MagicalNegro, MagicalAsian, and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic.

Related to FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Related to GypsyCurse (which they may cast). Compare to MagicalNegro and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic.

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* In ''Animation/TreasureOfSwampCastle'', Caffrinka, the elderly gypsy woman living in the swamp, is believed to be a witch.
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* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Duncan flashes back to a fling he had with a young Romani woman. She gets angry with him and storms out for no apparent reason, though he soon get an explanation. . . she accidentally read his palm, which revealed that he would love many women, but marry none. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy Believing he was stringing her along when he did fully intend to marry her, her family forces Duncan to leave.]] Remembering this, Duncan asks Tessa, his current lover, to marry him. [[spoiler:[[YouCantFightFate She doesn't]] [[CartwrightCurse survive the episode.]]]]

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This character is often is a HotGypsyWoman if they're a HotWitch, while fortune tellers are more likely to be mysterious old women.

** Wanda Maximoff[=/=]ComicBook/ScarletWitch, one of Marvel's preeminent magic users, is a Romani woman raised in the fictional Wundagore Mountain alongside her (non-magical) twin brother. It turns out that her significant magical power is in part due to an elder god in the mountain imparting some of his power onto her. Volume 2 later explains that the "Scarlet Witch" title and powers are passed down through Wanda's family, so there is a definite undercurrent of magic in the tribe's history.

* In ''WebVideo/AnastasiaQuasimodoWeHitAWall'', Lady Tremaine falsely accuses her husband's [[TheMistress mistress]] Esmeralda of putting a GypsyCurse on her children. This leads to [[spoiler:Esmeralda being [[BurnTheWitch executed]]]]. Lady Tremaine's kids [[TheRunaway running away]] due to the shame and shock.

One common stereotype attributed to Romani is their relationship to the supernatural, especially witchcraft and fortune-telling. This stereotype can be used to exoticize them as easily as it can be used to demonize them. It's usually attributed to women, but it's not unheard of in men.

Related to of FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Related to GypsyCurse. Compare to MagicalNegro and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic.

* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Duncan flashes back to a fling he had with a young Romani woman. She gets angry with him and storms out for no apparent reason, though he soon get an explanation. . . she accidentally read his palm, which revealed that he would love many women, but marry none. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy Believing he was stringing her along when he did fully intend to marry her, her family forces Duncan to leave.]] Remembering this, Duncan asks Tessa, his current lover, to marry him. [[spoiler:[[YouCantFightFate She doesn't survive the epiosde.]]]]

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* In Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Romani are associated with fortune-telling. Esmeralda uses some mundane magic tricks as a part of her acts (such as using puffs of smoke to disappear). After she turns away Frollo's advances, he accuses her of seducing him with actual witchcraft and [[BurnTheWitch tries to have her burned]].

* In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', Clan Gangrel was said to be on fairly good terms with the Romani, who had some vaguely-alluded-to mystical powers. When they finally got a sourcebook expanding on them, it was unfortunately filled with incredibly racist stereotypes. Clan Ravnos is more or less "stereotypical pop culture Gypsy as vampire with illusion magic."

* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'': "Grandma Mara" the elderly FortuneTeller and charm saleswoman deliberately dresses like a Roma stereotype when she sets up her tent. She's actually a [[TheFairFolk True Fae]] who {{Exploit|edTrope}}s the stereotype to impress her marks, whom she manipulates with mind-reading and [[WindsOfDestinyChange Fate]] magic.

* Wanda Maximoff[=/=]ComicBook/ScarletWitch, one of Marvel's preeminent magic users, is a Romani woman raised in the fictional Wundagore Mountain alongside her (non-magical) twin brother. It turns out that her significant magical power is in part due to an elder god in the mountain imparting some of his power onto her. Volume 2 later explains that the "Scarlet Witch" title and powers are passed down through Wanda's family, so there is a definite undercurrent of magic in the tribe's history.
* ComicBook/DoctorDoom, arch-nemesis of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', is the son of a folk healer father and a Gypsy witch mother. Upon perusing his slain mother's heirlooms, young Victor von Doom discovered his heritage, and fervently studied the arcane arts to the point where Doom has the esteem of Doctor Strange.
* Comicbook/MadameXanadu is a 'good witch' who'd help people out with their supernatural difficulties. Seen as first as a FortuneTeller, later is revealed she was Characters/{{Nimue}} and the sister of Morgana Le Fay, being an important character for all DC's magical universe.
* Lilia Calderu from Franchise/MarvelUniverse is known as the "Witch-Queen of the Gypsies", the keeper of the Book of Cagliostro. She's one of the allies of ComicBook/DoctorStrange and half-niece of Baron Mordo, as well one of the most powerful witches in Europe.

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This character is often a HotGypsyWoman if they're a HotWitch, while fortune tellers are more likely to be mysterious old women.

Sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Related to GypsyCurse and FortuneTeller. Compare to MagicalNegro and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic.

* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': Downplayed. [[LoveableAlphaBitch Cheryl Blossom's]] grandmother Rose is revealed to be of Romani descent, and at point does a traditional ritual over Polly, who is pregnant with Jason's Blossom's child, with which she predicts Polly will give birth to twins. Alice Cooper denounces it as occultism, but everyone else treats it as just a tradition. She does turn out to be right, however, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane twins are quite common in the Blossom line]].

This character is often is a HotGypsyWoman if they're a HotWitch, while fortune tellers are more likely to be mysterious old women.

Related to of FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Related to GypsyCurse. Compare to MagicalNegro and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic.

Sub-trope of FortuneTeller and EthnicMagician. Related to GypsyCurse. Compare to MagicalNegro and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic.

* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': Downplayed. [[LoveableAlphaBitch Cheryl Blossom's]] grandmother Rose is revealed to be of Romani descent, and at point does a traditional ritual over Polly, who is pregnant with Jason's Blossom's child, with which she predicts Polly will give birth to twins. Alice Cooper denounces it as occultism, but everyone else treats it as just a tradition. She does turn out to be right, however, twins are quite common in the Blossom line.