Editing Wise old man (section)

== Cultural references ==

In fiction, a wise old man is often presented in the form of a wizard or other [[Magician (fantasy)|magician]] in medieval chivalric [[Romance (heroic literature)|romance]] and modern [[fantasy literature]] and [[films]], in the style of [[Merlin]]. Notable examples include [[Gandalf]] from ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Albus Dumbledore]] from ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''.

"Senex" is the name of a wise old character in the novel ''[[A Wind in the Door]]'' by [[Madeleine L'Engle]].

Around the 1850s, the antiquarian [[Robert Reid (antiquarian)|Robert Reid]] used the pseudonym "Senex" when contributing articles on local history in the ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|Glasgow Herald]]''. These were later published in a series of volumes. Sir [[Alan Lascelles]] used the penname "Senex" when writing to ''[[The Times]]'' in 1950 setting out the so-called [[Lascelles Principles]] concerning the monarch's right to refuse a prime minister's request for a general election.