Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160517233739

DracoWombat wrote: If Ana had any magic, I'm fairly sure her mother would have tried to take advantage from that.

Regina specifically said she could teach Henry magic.

A "healer" is a term that can mean anything. From a priest, to a doctor, to a magic user.

And the EF was essentially built from magic. Likely even the air they breath is filled with it. There's no reason they shouldn't be able to tap into the magic that essentially created ''them. '' Not if you don't know. Let's say I'm a natural dancing prodigy. Well, if I never dance, how would I know? How do you know if you don't try? Magic also has a negative stigma in seemingly all the realms, so she didn't try. That's like asking why didn't Cora do magic before she met Rumple? It's likely she never tried or cared to know.

Regina said that in season 2, then said Henry essentially can't in season 4.

Jafar's mother was a healer and when Jafar "died" some dust like magic saved him....ish. It's unclear, but it looks like magic.