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For other uses, see Magic item (disambiguation).
"Alberich puts on the Tarnhelm and vanishes" illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold: a magical item with the ability to make the wearer invisible
"Alberich puts on the Tarnhelm and vanishes" illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold: a magical item with the ability to make the wearer invisible

A magic item is any object that has magical powers inherent in it. Tarnhelm is the name of a magic Helmet in Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Arthur Rackham ( 19 September 1867 &ndash 6 September 1939) was a prolific English book illustrator Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold" is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Magic in Fiction is the endowing of Fictional characters or objects with magical powers. These may act on their own or be the tools of the person or being whose hands they fall into. Magic items are commonly found in both folklore and modern fantasy. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Their fictional appearance is as old as the Iliad in which Aphrodite's magical girdle is used by Hera as a love charm. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient [1]

Magic items often act as a plot device to grant magical abilities. A plot device is an element introduced into a story solely to advance or resolve the plot of the story They may give magical abilities to a person lacking in them, or enhance the power of a wizard. Magic in Fiction is the endowing of Fictional characters or objects with magical powers. A magician, wizard, sorcerer or a person known under one of many other possible terms in fiction is someone who uses or practices magic For instance, in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the magical ring allows Bilbo Baggins to be instrumental in the quest, matching the abilities of the dwarves. The Hobbit or There and Back Again is an award-winning fantasy Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes an appearance in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of [2]

Magic items are often, also, used as plot coupons. A plot coupon, and the somewhat less-well-known plot voucher, are the names given by literary critic Nick Lowe to specimens of Plot devices in his 1986 essay The characters in a story must collect an arbitrary number of magical items, and when they have the full set, the magic is sufficient to resolve the plot.

Fairy tales

Certain kinds of fairy tales have their plots dominated by the magic items they contain. One such is the tale where the hero has a magic item that brings success, loses the item either accidentally (The Tinder Box) or through an enemy's actions (The Bronze Ring), and must regain it to regain his success. "The Tinder Box" (Fyrtøiet is a Fairy tale by Danish Poet and Author Hans Christian Andersen about a Soldier The Bronze Ring is the first story in The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. [3] Another is the magic item that runs out of control when the character knows how to start it but not to stop it: the mill in Why the Sea Is Salt or the pot in Sweet Porridge. Why the Sea Is Salt is a Norwegian Fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr Sweet Porridge is a folkloric German Fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 103 in Grimm's Fairy Tales, in the [4] A third is the tale in which a hero has two rewards stolen from him, and a third reward attacks the thief. [5]

Types of magic items

Many works of folklore and fantasy include very similar items, that can be grouped into types. These include:

References

  1. ^ Daniel Odgen, "Binding Spells", p 35, Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome ISBN 780812-217056
  2. ^ Tom Shippley, The Road to Middle-earth, p 77, ISBN 0-628-25760-8
  3. ^ Stith Thompson, The Folktale, p 70-1, University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London, 1977
  4. ^ Stith Thompson, The Folktale, p 73, University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London, 1977
  5. ^ Stith Thompson, The Folktale, p 72, University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London, 1977
The term magic sword refers to any kind of mythological or Fictional Sword imbued with magical power to increase its strength or grant it other A magic ring is an article of Jewelry that appears frequently in Fantasy and Fairytale. A cloak of Invisibility is a theme that has occurred in Fiction, and is a device which is under some scientific inquiry For other uses of the word staff see Staff. A staff is a large thick Stick or stick-shaped object used to help with Walking A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a legendary Carpet that can be used to Transport persons who are on it instantaneously or quickly to their Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore. The Boots allow the wearer to take great strides&mdashseven leagues each step&mdashresulting Fairy Ointment or The Fairy Nurse is an English Fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales. In Role-playing games and fantasy literature an artifact is a magical object with great power Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters.
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