Magic refers to powers obtained by supernatural or spiritual means outside of science or technology.
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Name of trilogy about two children who find broken magic stone shards and are rescued by winged red horses
Set in almost prehistoric times in another world, two children are kidnapped. They're seers but keep it a secret. At some point, they find missing legendary shards of a broken magic stone. They're ...
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Why doesn't Harry get in trouble for casting 'Lumos' in the third Harry Potter book? [duplicate]
Why doesn't Harry get in trouble for casting Lumos (and thereby breaking The Decree for the Restriction of Underage Wizardry) AFTER he flees the Dursley's house when he first sees Sirius in his ...
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Boy wants to go to magic school
In the early 90's, I read a book about a boy who wanted to go to a magic school, but everyone said that he was not good enough. Finally he got in.
There was a test where he had to repeatedly light ...
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Fantasy series ca. 2000
I'm looking for a fantasy book series I read ca 2000 (IIRC, it was unfinished then).
The story centered around political events in a kingdom and capital, and the rise of a magical/clerical sect.
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A book about an exiled princess, possibly 80's or early 90's
I'm looking for a book I read in the early 90's about a princess who is exiled after her family is murdered. I remember her family shared the throne with another family (her cousin I think). I believe ...
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Were there any other 'wizards' in middle earth apart from the Istari?
We know Gandalf, Radagast, Saruman, Pallando and Alatar, who are all Istari, Maiar in physical form. The elves can also do 'magic', and Sauron, being a Maiar himself. Were there any other people with ...
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What kind of magic is this?
A fantasy book by Dianna Wynne Jones called Charmed Life has a character named Julia, she uses magic by knotting and untying a handkerchief. In the kid's book series called The Magic Treehouse, the ...
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Is it possible to suffer from frostbite and sunburn simultaneously?
In the most recent episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rarity makes the amusing claim that she has given the townsfolk both frostbite and sunburn both in rapid succession, due to her poor ...
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What is this novel about a man who could enter the minds of animals?
I read a book a few years back, and would love to read it again. The overall plot I don't remember much of, but the main character could enter the minds of animals. It was a huge taboo to do so, and ...
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Young adult novel with dragons, magic, and ends weirdly
In elementary school, between '92 and '96, I read a young adult fantasy novel that has eluded my internet searches to this day. I don't remember the plot, but I think it had the word 'Rainbow' in the ...
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Is the death of a specific character in Buffy related to the appearance of another character? (heavy spoilers for season 5)
I thought it was a strange coincidence that
Are the two incidents related? I got the impression that
Has anything ever been said about this?
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Can anyone identify this 90s teen-fantasy series, gems in backbone, big magic, evil king?
I've been trying to find this darn series of books for ages, I read them back in early 2001-02 and can't really remember much of them. I think there were 10-ish (vague I know, memory isn't as good as ...
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Book where a boy replies to a job ad for a wizard's apprentice and passes through a portal at the interview
I read a series of books a few years back.
It was about a boy who, upon finishing school, decides to apply to an ad about a job. The ad states: Wizard's apprentice, no illusions. Real magic.
When he ...
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Identify film which mashed film noir with voodo and supernatural
I remember watching a film when I was a teenager that seemed to be set in a 1930s film noir kind of setting.
I think the main character was a private detective, who somehow got caught up in some ...
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When did Harry's Power Levels begin being acknowledged?
I've just re-read Summer Knight, and in it, there's a lot of mentions of how outmatched Harry always is. Now I'm listening to Dead Beat, which is the seventh book in the series, and it's talking about ...
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Identify Story: A boy uses a knife to transport himself to another world
Or another time. I don't quite remember, having read it about 7-10 years ago.
All I remember is a boy that uses a knife to sort of create a magical portal in the air in front of him, by feeling ...
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Why isn't Harry Potter punished for using magic outside of Hogwarts in Prisoner of Azkaban
At the very start of the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry is attempting the spell Lumos Maximo in his bedroom and then he makes his Aunt Marge big, and floating in the air. My question is: how come he is ...
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What is the name of a fantasy TV series that features crystals as an element a lot?
I believe it is a classic adventure fantasy. The protagonist is a teenaged boy with a bow and arrow and long hair. There is a girl, of course, and I think there is an evil witch, but I may be wrong on ...
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Was Po's evil side indicative of his true feelings?
In Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Season 1 Episode 10, we see that Po is split into two parts - his good part and his bad part. We see that the bad Po develops friendship with Crocodiles, ...
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What powers does Galadriel have?
In The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey movie Galadriel is able to speak telepathically with Gandalf and also does this with Frodo in The Fellowship of The Ring.
Also she shows Frodo what she calls ...
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Why did Merlin not heal his fatigue with magic?
In Merlin Season 1 Epi 1, Merlin is appointed Prince Arthur's servant by King Uther Pendragon, after saving Arthur's life from the witch's dagger.
Then Merlin becomes fatigued and bruised from being ...
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How often could Bink's mother use her talent?
In A Spell For Chameleon, Bink's mother is introduced in the beginning of the book as having the talent of reversing time for 5 seconds with her unaffected by this time lapse. So she can fix a small ...
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What stands in the way of rapid mass transportation in Faerûn?
The level of technology and civilization in Faerûn seems similar to early modern Europe just before the industrial revolution. However, there is strong magic in the setting. There are some powerful ...
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Can any body part be regenerated with magic?
There are many instances of advanced/accelerated healing in the Harry Potter books. For example, in book 2 Harry regrows bones, in book 6 Tonks fixes Harry's broken nose in an instant, and in book 7 ...
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Besides the Basilisk, What Kind of Magic Can Cause Someone to Be Petrified?
Besides the Basilisk, what kind of Dark Magic can cause someone to be Petrified?
‘She has been Petrified,’ said Dumbledore (‘Ah! I thought so!’ said Lockhart). ‘But how, I cannot say ...’
‘Ask ...
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Where Did Dolores Umbridge Get Her Evil Quill?
Where did Dolores Umbridge get her evil quill?
I would doubt she bought her evil quill at Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop in Hogsmeade (If Scrivenshaft's were in Knockturn Alley I'd have a different ...
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Do offensive spells and similar “missile” spells have range?
A lot of the spells in Harry Potter, including just about every offensive one like Stupefy are what I would call "missile" spells (if there's a better term for it, please tell me). That is, they ...
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A fantasy book where a young shepherd girl who comes back to her village to find everyone dead by plague
It was a book I read many years ago. It focused around a young shepherd girl who comes back to her village to find everyone dead by plague. She has innate magic ability which she then uses to ...
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If the Diary Tom Riddle Had Succeeded, Would He Have Been a Horcrux?
If Tom Riddle had succeeded at returning as a living person from the diary, would he have been a Horcrux?
In thinking about it, it seems pretty black and white. Either diary Tom Riddle -- a ...
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If Diary Tom Riddle Had Succeeded, How Would He Have Strengthened the Present Day Voldemort?
Specifically, if diary Tom Riddle had succeeded, how would he have strengthened the present day Voldemort?
In If diary Tom Riddle had succeeded, would there have been two Voldemorts?, ...
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Identify story about a fantasy world threatened by aliens
Children's / YA book, don't remember too much about it.
Main character is a wizard/apprentice?
Prophecy of imminent destruction, quest to prevent it.
Other fantasy races: trolls, living in ...
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Trying to find the title of a fantasy book where the main character has living hair?
I'm trying to find the title of a fantasy book from the 90s.
This is what I remember seeing on the cover: she has wild white hair kind of changing into lighting and a shadow friend
What I remember:
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Could a Muggle Access the Room of Requirement?
Could a Muggle access the Room of Requirement?
‘Because [the Room of Requirement] is a room that a person can only enter,’ said Dobby seriously, ‘when they have real need of it. Sometimes it is ...
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Term coined by author of a book related to curses
I am looking for a "term" related to curses. The story it was used in was about a woman (a witch?) that was skilled at using words to make people believe they were cursed. She didn't need to put it in ...
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Why did Major Nelson need to hide Jeannie from Dr. Bellows?
I've been spending some time at a remote resort recently with little for company except a DVD set of I Dream of Jeannie. Why is it that Major Nelson has to keep Jeannie a secret from NASA and Col. ...
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Why didn't Cinderella's shoe vanish?
Everything Cinderella got by magic would last until 12 midnight. After she noticed that it was almost 12, she dropped the dance with prince and ran away (and lost one of her shoes at the palace).
At ...
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What Is the History of the Unforgivable Curses?
What is the history of the Unforgivable curses?
‘Now ... those three curses – Avada Kedavra, Imperius and Cruciatus – are known as the Unforgivable Curses. The use of any one of them on a fellow ...
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What Are the Other Four Exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration?
In reading Why does the Aguamenti spell work? question, Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration came up in DVK's answer.
‘It’s quite straightforward, really,’ said Neville modestly. ‘I’d been in ...
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Unlikely female heroine, meets floating mages; What was this title?
I read a fantasy book as a youth that I cannot for the life if me remember the title to. It's all rather fuzzy except one particular scene and detail. I'll list what I can remember.
It's a female ...
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Could the Horcruxes be destroyed with Avada Kedavra?
In The Deathly Hallows Hermione says this about destroying Horcruxes:
“It doesn’t have to be a basilisk fang,” said Hermione patiently.
“It has to be something so destructive that the Horcrux ...
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Why didn't Harry die the first time voldemort used the killing curse
In Deathly Hallows, why didn't the killing curse rebound when Voldemort tried killing Harry with the elder wand when Harry was undefended?
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How Did Merope Gaunt Procure a Love Potion?
In Half-Blood Prince, in chapter 10, The House of Gaunt, Dumbledore shares a memory with Harry in the Pensieve that introduces Merope Gaunt, Voldemort's mother. Merope's father, Marvolo, is cruel to ...
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How does Batman fight magic?
Batman is well-known for having an answer to everything, even Superman. Has he ever faced magic in the DC universe and if so how did he fight it?
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Is there magic without devil worship in Supernatural?
After watching 'Meat Swap' I was lead to believe that all witchcraft in Supernatural seems to work by worshipping some sort of demon, though I'm interested in if this all is in fact a most.... I had a ...
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Who was the first DC/Marvel Comic book Hero character with magic based powers?
Some comic book heros have mutant powers, alien abilities, and/or super cool gadgets. Who was the first DC/Marvel comic book Hero character with magic based powers?
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What would the wizarding world from Harry Potter be like in the United States? [closed]
We know where wizards in Britain shop, go to school, work, their government, get medical care, and all that stuff, but what is the Harry Potter wizarding world like around the globe? Do all wizards in ...
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What objects can be used as wand substitutes?
We know that wizards need a wand to focus their magic (wizards can cast spells without a wand, but they are unfocused and weaker). But some wizards aren't known to carry wands. Instead they carry ...
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Fantasy series about magic and non magic humans on related worlds
Have been trying to remember this for a while now; there were four books I read them in the late 80's or early 90's, each set in a different, but related, world. Sort of a sword and sorcery theme. I ...
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Why are the Istari only allowed to inspire?
It its known that the Istari were sent to Middle Earth to aid in the battle against Sauron, being only allowed to inspire and no direct actions could be taken.
But, why is this? Could this rule be ...
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How does superman fight magic?
Superman is terribly weak against magic.
Tony Stark has different armours for different foe, Spider-man has different gadgets and Batman is prepared for almost anything.
Surely supes has learnt from ...
