wanderer

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Around 1897 Rasputin left home and took on the life of a strannik, or wanderer in search of God.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

Watch: “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” a film from Vietnam, follows a wanderer on a spiritual quest.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

A self-described wanderer, he has lived in Phoenix on and off for about 20 years.

From Scientific American • Jul. 17, 2023

Apollo promised that he, the disgraced, the homeless wanderer, would bring to the place where his grave should be a mysterious blessing from the gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton