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The Indian rope trick is a magic trick said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century. Sometimes described as "the world’s greatest illusion", it reputedly involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants.
A witch's ladder (also known as "rope and feathers", witches' ladder, witches ladder, or witch ladder) is a practice, in folk magic or witchcraft, that is made from knotted cord or hair, that normally constitutes a spell. Charms are knotted or braided with specific magical intention into the cords.
In Norse mythology, Gleipnir is the third iron rope created by the Norse gods to bind the demon wolf Fenrir.The Gods had attempted to bind Fenrir twice before with huge chains of metal, the iron chains of Leyding and Dromi, which Fenrir had torn apart.
Illustration of "The Cut String Restored" from the 1885 book Modern Magic showing how a second, smaller length of string can be presented as if it were part of the original larger piece [1] The cut and restore rope trick is a magic effect in which the performer cuts a piece of rope (usually tied into a knot) which then appears to be magically ...
A 19th-century drawing of Sun Wukong featuring his staff. Ruyi Jingu Bang (Chinese: 如意金箍棒; pinyin: Rúyì Jīngū Bàng; Wade–Giles: Ju 2-yi 4 Chin 1-ku 1-pang 4), or simply Ruyi Bang or Jingu Bang, is the poetic name of a magical staff wielded by the immortal monkey Sun Wukong in the 16th-century classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
Magic Missile: A bolt of pure energy from the caster's fingertips. It strikes a target automatically, with multiple missiles launched at higher levels. [77] [78] The spell's ability to cause automatic damage makes it one of the most-used spells. [79] In the initial release of 4th edition, magic missile required an attack roll. The July 2010 ...
Penn & Teller's Magic & Mystery tour, Yap Communication, Canada; In Search of the Rope Trick, In-flight Production, London; 50 Greatest Magic Tricks, Channel 4.Ishamuddin and the Indian rope trick, is listed as the 20th of the greatest magic trick.
Fenrir and Naglfar on the Tullstorp Runestone.The inscription mentions the name Ulfr ("wolf"), and the name Kleppir/Glippir.The last name is not fully understood, but may have represented Glæipiʀ which is similar to Gleipnir which was the rope with which the Fenrir wolf was bound.