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  2. Magic in Dungeons & Dragons - Wikipedia

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    The casting of spells within Dungeons & Dragons often requires the mage to do, say, or use something in order for the spell to work. Spells may require a verbal, somatic, or material component or a magical focus. These actions are performed by the fictional character in the game, not by the player in the real world.

  3. List of Magic: The Gathering keywords - Wikipedia

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    Extort is a keyword which allows a player to slowly drain life from opponent(s). When casting a spell, the player may pay one white or black mana. If they do, then each opponent loses one life and the player gains one life for each point of life their opponent(s) lost.

  4. Witchcraft in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Practitioners of Puerto Rican witchcraft often perform rituals to communicate with the spirits, cast spells for protection or love, and use herbs for healing. These practices, though sometimes stigmatized, continue to serve as a means of cultural identity, and spiritual connection for many Puerto Ricans.

  5. Glossary of card game terms - Wikipedia

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    One of the four suits in a French-suited or Spanish-suited pack of cards. [9] [1] Symbol: or coat card Original term for court card, now obsolete. [29] coffee housing To talk and act in order to mislead one's opponents about one's cards. [29] 7 of Coins Coins One of the four suits in a Latin-suited pack of cards. [1] Symbol: or color, colour

  6. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    The Filipino language incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang Pilipino-Ingles (Pilipino-English dictionary), Llamzon and Thorpe (1972) pointed out that 33% of word root entries are of Spanish origin.

  7. History of magic - Wikipedia

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    Such spells were believed to cause a person to fall in love with another person, restore love which had faded, or cause a male sexual partner to be able to sustain an erection when he had previously been unable. [6] Other spells were used to reconcile a man with his patron deity or to reconcile a wife with a husband who had been neglecting her. [7]

  8. Zagovory - Wikipedia

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    The practice of zagovory arose from pagan prayers and incantations, and so was initially based on the belief in the power of the human word.Hence followed the importance of exact pronunciation of the words (whether whispered or sung) as well as exact observing the associated rites.

  9. Sports-related curses - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, Romani people put a 100-year curse on St Andrew's in 1906 English football side Birmingham City F.C. played 100 years under an alleged curse from 1906 to 2006. [ 34 ] As the legend goes, the club moved from nearby Muntz Street into its current location at St Andrew's , building the stadium on land that was being used by the ...