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Potioncraft

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David: Regina just gave her a whole box of potions.
Hook: Yes, smells quite pungently of newt in there.

—David Nolan and Hook src


Potioncraft is a type of magic featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the second episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

Uses

Potioncraft is the magical ability to create liquid substances for various purposes by combining a set of obtainable ingredients. Such potions can be replicated when the user possesses skill and the recipe, or a sample of the potion.

Known Practitioners

Known Potions

Known Potion Ingredients

Trivia

On-Screen Notes


An enchanted blade may ebb and wane
in time with scores of differing hands on
the hilt. Like an oft blood letted vein, energy
escapes. To invigorate the instrument in
question, the practitioner should find the smith
who originally forged the blade. Some blood of
that might will needed [sic] to commence the great
work.
Make a magic circle with rope and estab-
lish the four quarters with a dedication to
the old ones. Mix the blood of the smith
with some wolfsbane and some juniper berries.
Pour this concoction into a cauldron and
stir it in a deasil motion on a clear evening
when the moon is waxing gibbous.
When the concoction has cooled, dip the blade
into the cauldron while willing the lost magic
to return.
("Ill-Boding Patterns")

  • According to magic lore, wolfsbane can be used to prevent shapeshifting, and has traditionally been used to protect homes from werewolves. Bundles of wolfsbane can be placed around barns and pastures to protect livestock from predators (this requires taking care that the livestock have no access to the plant, as wolfsbane is highly poisonous, and ingesting even a small amount can kill you). It can also be used to bring harm to another by creating "elf bolts" of sharpened flint dipped in wolfsbane juice and using it to pierce a poppet for the victim.[3]

Popular Culture

  • The herb that Regina is trying to find for a potion to free Merlin is called witchbane. During the middle ages, witchbane was a nickname for the rue herb because people carried them to ward off witches.[4] In magic lore, the rue herb is often used in spells of protection against witchcraft and bad luck.[5] It can be used for hex breaking and warding off the evil eye, and is a classic herb for protection magic and to increase one's psychic powers. It is also used in some love spells.[6] ("Siege Perilous")

Appearances

Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:616WhatIsThis.png
  2. ↑ File:613RepairASword.png
  3. ↑ Wolfsbane. Witchipedia (October 16, 2019). “Wolfsbane has traditionally been used to protect homes from werewolves and can be used to prevent shapeshifting. Bundles of wolfsbane could be placed around barns and pastures to protect livestock from predators (taking care that the livestock has no access to it lest they be killed themselves). Because of its baneful nature, it could be used in sympathetic magic to bring harm to another by creating "elf bolts" of sharpened flint dipped in wolfsbane juice and piercing a poppet for the victim with them.”
  4. ↑ Roth, Harold A. Organic Rue – Ruta graveolens. Alchemy Works. Retrieved on January 3, 2020. “During the Middle Ages, rue was hung in doorways and windows to keep evil spirits out. (...) Rue was sometimes called witchbane because people carried bunches to keep off witches (who must have been thick as mosquitoes in those days), and the expression "rue the day" is said to come from the practice of throwing rue at an enemy while cursing him.”
  5. ↑ Rue Herb : Herb of Grace. InnovateUs. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. “Rue herb is often used in spells of protection against witchcraft and bad luck.”
  6. ↑ Garden Witch's Herbal, Ellen Dugan, Llewellyn Publications, 2012, page 169. Facsimile by Google Books.
  7. ↑ File:520ThatsRight.png
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