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  2. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    Apotropaic observances may also be practiced out of superstition or out of tradition, as in good luck charms (perhaps some token on a charm bracelet), amulets, or gestures such as crossed fingers or knocking on wood. Many different objects and charms were used for protection throughout history.

  3. Enchanted forest - Wikipedia

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    The forest is largely uninhabitable, being a saturated "hotspot" of unpredictable wild magic induced genetic mutations and dangerous legendary creatures, and is regarded by ponies as the most hostile region within Equestria's borders. In Frozen 2, the Enchanted Forest is home to spirits of fire, earth, wind and water. Elsa journeys there to ...

  4. Kodama (spirit) - Wikipedia

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    "Kodama" (木魅) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien.Kodama (木霊, 木魂 or 木魅) are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees.The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides.

  5. Black Forest clockmakers - Wikipedia

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    Black Forest clock production began in the mid-17th century. The first range of clocks were for practical use and of simple design. The popularity of clocks from Black Forest grew, and plates and clock faces became more sophisticated. It is said that, in the early days, Black Forest clocks were copied from the Bohemian style. [1]

  6. A Little Peace and Quiet - Wikipedia

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    While digging in her garden, harried housewife Penny unearths a wooden box containing a gold pendant in the shape of a sundial. She discovers that saying "shut up" while wearing the pendant causes the entire world but herself to become frozen in time and saying "start talking" makes everything begin moving again.

  7. Twilight language - Wikipedia

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    Twilight language or secret language is a rendering of the Sanskrit term sāṃdhyābhāṣā (written also sāndhyābhāṣā, sāṃdhyabhāṣā, sāndhyabhāṣā; Wylie: dgongs-pa'i skad, THL gongpé ké) or of their modern Indic equivalents (especially in Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Maithili, Hindi, Nepali, Braj Bhasha and Khariboli).

  8. Twilight of the Idols - Wikipedia

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    Nietzsche wrote about Twilight in a letter, "This style is my philosophy in a nutshell—radical to the point of criminality...". [2] The latter title, Götzen-Dämmerung in German, is a pun on the title of Richard Wagner's opera, Götterdämmerung, or "Twilight of the Gods". Götze is a German word for "idol" or "false god".

  9. The Forgotten (Green Day song) - Wikipedia

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    "The Forgotten" is a song by the American rock band Green Day and is featured as the closing track on their eleventh studio album ¡Tré! The song is also available on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 soundtrack, which was released on November 13, 2012, and was released October 30, 2012. [2]