Incantation

Incantation
A magician like Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) can use magic via speech.
Power/Ability to:	Control magic via speech.

The power to use magic by using magic words from a certain language. Sub-power of Magic. Variation of Writing Manifestation. Combination of Mystic Arts and Linguistic Manipulation. Basis of Spell Casting. Not to confused with Voice Casting and Voice Magic.

Also Called

• Magic Incantation/Language
• Mystokinetic Incantation
• Lingual/Word Casting/Commands/Spells
• Linguistic Magic/Mystic Arts/Witchcraft
• Galdr (Norse Mythology)

Capabilities

The user can achieve almost anything through incantations: a series of words and magical formulae that were originally used to perform spells, enchantments and even trigger a magical effect on a person or objects as long as they have knowledge of the language their magic is initiated by and the necessary power to do so.

Incantations are also enhancements charms or spells that can be created using words, spoken, sung or chanted and be performed during ceremonial rituals, either a hymn or prayer, and may invoke or praise a deity or even as prayers in the world of magic.

Incantations can be performed by any kind of magic users/species (wizards, witches, fairies, etc.) regardless of their nature as long as they have magic to use it with. In magic, occultism, and witchcraft it was used with the intention of casting a spell on an object or a person and may employ the use of pharmakeia.

Applications

• Chanting Empowerment
• Enchantment
• Invocation
• Prayer Empowerment
• Spell Casting
  • Voice Casting

Examples

• "Pyros" (Ancient Greek, fire), to use Combustion Inducement
• "Terraemotus" (Latin, earthquake) to use Earthquake Generation
• "Crear dinero" (Spanish, create money), to use Monetary Manipulation and Currency Generation.
• "Transformer le sang en de la lave" (French, turn blood to lava), to use Matter Transmutation to transmute victim's blood into lava
• "Vyzvat' mech" (Russian, summon sword), to use Weapon Manipulation to summon sword.
• "Verði minn vilji" (Icelandic), to induce Reality Warping powers.
• ”Vade retro Santana” (Medieval England) to Exorcise a demon.
• ''Kono kowareta tamashī o iyashimasu'' (Japanese) to heal a person.
• ''Ndrysho trupin tim'' (Albanian) to shapeshift into something.

Associations

• Letter/Number/Word Projection
• Linguistic Manipulation
• Magic
  • Inscription Casting
    • Symbol Magic
    • Writing Area
    • Writing Manifestation
• Omni-Communication
  • Omnilingualism
• Personal Phrase
• Reality Warping
• Verbal Teleportation
• Vocal Augmentation
• Vocal Creation
  • Word Manifestation
• Vocifery

Limitations

• Magic Negation/Magic Destruction/Magical Energy Absorption.
• May always be active.
• May have side effects with incorrect grammar.
• If the magic is activated by the user's native language, the spell might backfire.
  • This weakness may force the user to be silent or just learn a new language.
• May need to know the meaning of the words to cast spells.
• If they don't know the words to activate certain spells they can't achieve the desired effect.
• Time consuming, especially for long-drawn incantations.
• Enemies may predict the effect based on incantation and prepare countermeasures.
• Users of Muting.

Known Users

See Also: Language of Magic.

• Various of Magic Users

Examples

• Heptapods (Arrival)
• Zagred (Black Clover); via Kotodama Magic
• Kidō users (Bleach)
• Jujutsu Sorcerers (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Prayers (Christianity)
• Babidi (Dragon Ball Z)
• Himeko Nonohara (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• Erika (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• The King (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• Mashi and Hoshi (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
• Cypher (Marvel Comics)
• Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics)
• Witches Aprentices (Ojamajo Doremi)
• True Words (Planescape)
• Brady Parker (Pair of Kings)
• Wizards and Magical Creatures (Harry Potter)
• Speakers of the Ancient Language (Inheritance Cycle)
• Tikal's Prayer users (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Dragonborns (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• Dragons (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• Draugr (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• The Greybeards (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) - Dragon
• Precures (Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure)
• Words Of Awakening (Madlax)
• Mages (Sword Art Online)
• Zatanna Zatara (DC Comics)
• Giovanni Zatara (DC Comics)
• Raven (DC Comics/Teen Titans)
• Fairies (Winx Club)
• Witches (Winx Club)
• Wizards (Winx Club)
• Pixies (Winx Club)
• Selkies (Winx Club)
• Witches (Witches of East End)
• Witches (Charmed)
• Rapunzel (Tangled)
• Cassandra (Tangled the Series/Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)
• Medea (TYPE-MOON); via Divine Words
• Spell Master (Valkyrie Crusade)
• William Beryl (Tenseishichatta)
• Witches and Warlocks (Witches of East End); via Latin, Old Norse and sometimes English
• Wizards (Earthsea setting); via the Old Speech
• Heidi Heckelbeck

Gallery

Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach) reciting the long incantation for a full-powered Hadō #90: Kurohitsugi.

Zatanna (DCAU/DC Comics)

Babidi (Dragon Ball Z) casts most of his spells using the magic word Paparapapa.

Tikal (Sonic the Hedgehog) citing her prayer to seal Chaos and her soul into the Master Emerald.

Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) reciting Tikal's Prayer to draw upon the Master Emerald's power.

Spell Master (Valkyrie Crusade) is a master of this power.

William (Tenseishichatta) using magic by mistake.

Brady Parker (Pair of Kings) is capable of using Kinkow magic as he once summon an army of Zombies that turn other people into zombies by accident or cast a spell that can expel a ghost out from a body by reading an easy incarnation from a scroll.

Rapunzel (Tangled) can use incantations to heal...

... or kill.

Videos

Fus Ro Dah! Merlin's first dragon shout

The Sonic Series - Tikal's Prayer-3