Magi in turn the product of the Hellenistic fascination for (Pseudo‑)Zoroaster, who was perceived by the Greeks to be the Chaldean founder of the Magi and inventor of both astrology and magic, a meaning that still survives in the modern-day words "magic" and "magician". "μάγοι" from the east do homage to the newborn Jesus in Chapter 2 of the Gospel of Matthew, and the transliterated plural "magi" entered English from Latin in this context around 1200 (this particular use is also commonly rendered in English as "kings" and more often in recent times as "wise men"). The singular "magus" appears considerably
We Three Kings this, it highly resembles a song from the Middle Ages and Middle Eastern music, both of which it has been frequently compared to. The carol centres around the Biblical Magi, who visited Jesus as a child in a house (Matthew 2:11) sometime after the his Nativity and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh while paying homage to him. Though the event is recounted in the Gospel of Matthew, there are no further details given in the new testament with regards to their names, the number of Magi that were present or whether they were even royal. There are,