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  2. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    Apotropaic marks, also called 'witch marks' or 'anti-witch marks' in Europe, are symbols or patterns scratched on the walls, beams and thresholds of buildings to protect them from witchcraft or evil spirits. They have many forms; in Britain they are often flower-like patterns of overlapping circles.

  3. Kitsune - Wikipedia

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    Typically, the young man unknowingly marries the fox, who proves a devoted wife. The man eventually discovers the fox's true nature, and the fox-wife is forced to leave him. In some cases, the husband wakes as if from a dream, filthy, disoriented, and far from home. He must then return to confront his abandoned family in shame.

  4. Balor - Wikipedia

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    The CMT says that Balor's eye gained its baleful power from exposure to the fumes from the magic potion [18] his father's druids were brewing. [ 4 ] [ 19 ] O'Curry tantalizingly stated he was in possession of a manuscript with an alternate explanation on how Balor got his power, but does not elaborate due to lack of space.

  5. Eye of Agamotto - Wikipedia

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    The Eye of Agamotto (/ æɡəˈmɒtoʊ /) is a fictional, mystical item appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The item appears in publications that feature Doctor Strange. The Eye of Agamotto and Agamotto in his caterpillar form also appeared in the Gold Key Dark Shadows comic book, Collinwood Possessed!.

  6. Impossible color - Wikipedia

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    Impossible color. The human eye's red-to-green and blue-to-yellow values of each one-wavelength visible color [citation needed] Human color sensation is defined by the sensitivity curves (shown here normalized) of the three kinds of cone cells: respectively the short-, medium- and long-wavelength types. Impossible colors are colors that do not ...

  7. Eye color - Wikipedia

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    The irises of human eyes exhibit a wide spectrum of colours. Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye 's iris [ 1 ][ 2 ] and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. [ 3 ]: 9. In humans, the pigmentation of the iris varies from ...

  8. Purple - Wikipedia

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    Purple is a color similar in appearance to violet light. In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by combining red and blue pigments. In the CMYK color model used in modern printing, purple is made by combining magenta pigment with either cyan pigment, black pigment, or both.

  9. Eye of Horus - Wikipedia

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    The left wedjat eye, symbolizing the Eye of Horus. The Eye of Horus, also known as left wedjat eye or udjat eye, specular to the Eye of Ra (right wedjat eye), is a concept and symbol in ancient Egyptian religion that represents well-being, healing, and protection. It derives from the mythical conflict between the god Horus with his rival Set ...