Solomonari

The Solomonar or Șolomonar (in German sources often Scholomonar) is a wizard who is believed, in Romanian mythology, to control clouds and rain. They are said to be able to control the movement of the "cloud dragons", to call a hailstorm, to cure diseases and to master the highest knowledge about the Universe. Their caste or order's origin is often linked to that of the Dacian priests. The term "Solomonar" ("solomonar" - singular, "solomonars" - plural) started to be used in the Middle Ages probably under the influence of the Judeo-Christian culture. It is of uncertain origin, though popularly it is connected to King Solomon via the addition of the occupational suffix "-ar". Another theory derives it from German Schulmänner ("scholars") in reference to the popular belief that solomonars attended a school. Friedrich von Müller (1857) reported the connection to King Solomon, along with a story from Schäßburg (Sighișoara in Transylvania) in which a Romanian mistook a robed student for a solomonar. The meaning of the term is very similar if not identical in all its occurrences because it always refers to an enchanter (practitioner of magic based on incantation), a summoner and master of high and subtle energies. A number of synonyms can be found in Romanian, including "zgrimințeș", and it is considered synonymous or closely connected to the widespread Balkan legend known in Serbo-Croatian (for example) as grabancijas dijak ("the necromancy student"). Some authors associate them with the legendary Scholomance and give the term as Scholomonariu, one particularly early instance in a glossary (Scholomonáriu, defined as Zauberer, "sorcerer") dating from 1781. As well as alternating the initial consonant between s /s/ and ş /ʃ/, earlier reflexes of the word in Romanian may add "-i" and the regular "-u" formerly found in the noun declension.

The Solomonars are said to be tall people, red-haired, wearing white capes on their shoulders and magic tools around their waists and they are most often seen around begging for alms or summoning and riding the "storm dragons" alone or together with Moroi. Fearing their wrath, people usually ask a Master Stonemason for advice. This Master Stonemason is a former Solomonar himself, who dropped the craft in favor of being again amongst people; his knowledge is highly prized because he knows the secrets of Solomonars.

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