The power to use and obtain the powers of magic books. Variation of Magic Object.
Also Called
- Book of Magic/Shadows/Spells
- Grimoire
- Magic Tome
- Spellbook
Capabilities
The user can use magic books; ancient and mystical tomes that hold the key to unlocking the secrets of magic and the supernatural. These enchanted volumes are not ordinary books; they are conduits of arcane power, granting those who possess them access to a realm of mysticism, wonder and various powers. Magic Books are a cornerstone of magical practices, serving as both repositories of knowledge and reservoirs of power.
Within the pages of an arcane texts, one can find a treasure trove of magical instructions that guide practitioners in the art of spellcasting. These instructions range from the simplest incantations to the most complex rituals, each imbued with the potential to shape reality itself. Whether it's conjuring protective wards, divining the future, or calling forth elemental forces, the spells contained within these books are limited only by the imagination and skill of the user.
Spellbooks are more than just manuals of magic; they are vessels of encyclopedic knowledge of the supernatural that delve into the profound principles of the mystical arts. They provide insights into the use of magical symbols, correspondences, and the manipulation of esoteric energies. Practitioners can learn about the interconnectedness of the metaphysical world and gain a deeper understanding of their own place within it.
These enchanted tomes may also offer a layer of protection and warding against anything that threatens it. As portals to realms unknown, they are equipped with spells and incantations to shield users from magical backlashes or unwelcome intrusions. In some cases, certain books possess sentience and can actively assist or guide those who seek their knowledge.
Applications
- Various Magical Powers
Associations
- Grimoire Manipulation
- Knowledge Manipulation
- Literary Arts
- Literary Mastery
- Literary Manipulation
- Literary Weapon Proficiency
- Magic
- Mystic Object
- Potion Creation
- Sentience Inducement
Limitations
- Contents of the magical books may be misleading and/or potentially dangerous to the user.
- Most magical books are quite big and bulky, so it is difficult for the book to be protected.
- The user may lose all their powers if the book is destroyed.
- The book itself needs to be magical.
- Other individuals may find ways to obtain the book and its powers.
Known Users
See Also: Spell Book.
Anime/Manga/Donghua/Manhua/Manhwa
- Mages (Black Clover)
- Naoko Yanagisawa (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Vanitas (Case Study of Vanitas)
- Kangtuji/Captain Tribe (Gigatribe)
- Rita (Shingeki no Bahamut)
- Noah (Soul Eater)
- Bookkeepers (Zatch Bell)
Cartoons
- Fu Dog (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Charmcaster (Ben 10)
- Hex (Ben 10)
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Courtly Jester (Ever After High)
- Monroe (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
- Marian (Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood)
- Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Bart Simpson (The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror III)
- Rorek of Nol (Teen Titans)
Literature
- Kate, Michael and Emma (The Books of the Beginning)
- Casters (Caster Chronicles)
- Declan O'Carroll (Demon Accords)
- Karsearin (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon); via The Book of Terold Croword, the Archmage
- Sez Hetris (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon); via Sez Hetris' Magic Scroll
- Keepers (Simon Bloom)
Live Action Movies/Television Series
- Mal (Descendants)
- Linea (Island of Lost Souls)
- Lulu (Island of Lost Souls)
- Mary Sanderson (Walt Disney's Hocus Pocus)
- Sarah Sanderson (Walt Disney's Hocus Pocus)
- Winifred Sanderson (Walt Disney's Hocus Pocus)
- The Charmed Ones (Charmed)
- The Charmed Ones (Charmed 2018)
- Cora (Disney's Once Upon a Time)
- Regina Mills (Disney's Once Upon a Time)
- Witches (Grachi)
- Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider Saber)
- Megid (Kamen Rider Saber)
- Gerry (Supernatural)
- Witches (Supernatural)
- Rowena
- The Book Club
- Gary's Coven
- The Loughlin Family
- Wizards (Wizards of Waverly Place)
Video Games
- Charlotte Aulin (Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin)
- Maxwell (Don't Starve)
- Mages (The Elder Scrolls series)
- Various Characters ("Fire Emblem Series")
- Lisa Minci (Genshin Impact)
- Lana (Hyrule Warriors)
- Yuumi (League of Legends)
- Arena Mode Protagonist (Madness Combat); as the Magiturge
- Player/Steve/Alex (Minecraft)
- Belleria (Mugen Souls series)
- Onluka (Mugen Souls Z)
- Nier (Nier); via Grimoire Weiss
- Shadowlord (Nier); via Grimoire Noir
- Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake (Sakura Wars)
- Book of Dark Magic (Skylanders Academy)
- Merasmus (Team Fortress 2)
- Alice Margatroid (Touhou Project)
- Kosuzu Motoori (Touhou Project)
- Patchouli Knowledge (Touhou Project)
- The Coven (Town of Salem)
- Coven Leader
- Hex Master
- Medusa
- Necromancer
- Poisoner
- Potion Master
- Gilles de Rais (TYPE-MOON)
- Elsa (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Frisk (Undertale)
- Perseverance SOUL (Undertale); presumably, ditto as Frisk
Web Animation/Comics/Series
- Stolas (Helluva Boss)
- I.M.P. (Helluva Boss)
Known Books
Anime/Manga/Donghua/Manhua/Manhwa
- Testament of Carnamagos (The Ancient Magus' Bride)
- Grimoires (Black Clover)
- The Create Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- The Book of Vanitas (Case Study of Vanitas)
- Kangtuji/Captain Tribe (Gigatribe)
- Books of Zeref (Fairy Tail)
- Book of Eibon (Soul Eater)
- Twinkle Book (Star Twinkle Pretty Cure)
- Grimoires (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Sarnouasuth Grimoires (The Witch and the Beast)
- Petit Hierozoikon (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga)
- Spellbooks (Zatch Bell!)
Comics/Cartoons
- Enchiridion (Adventure Time)
- Book of Demonicus (Marvel Comics)
- Book of the Vishanti (Marvel Comics)
- Darkhold (Marvel Comics)
- Tome of Eibon (Marvel Comics)
- Magical Journals (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Forbidden Book (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Archamada Book of Spells (Ben 10)
- Gwen Tennyson's Spellbook (Ben 10)
- Evil Queen's Spellbook (Ever After High)
- Grimorum Arcanorum (Gargoyles)
- Book of Ages (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Book of Spells (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Acme Book of Magic (Looney Tunes: Whizzard of Ow)
- NinjaNomicon (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)
- Sarah Ravencroft's Spellbook (Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost)
- Simsala Grimm (Simsala Grimm)
- Rorek's Spellbook (Teen Titans)
- UBOS (Ultimate Book of Spells)
- Legendarium (Winx Club)
Literature
- The Book (After the Forest)
- The Books of the Beginning (The Books of the Beginning)
- Book of Moons (The Caster Chronicles)
- The Necronomicon (Cthulhu Mythos)
- The Book of Darkest Sorrows (Demon Accords)
- The Octavo (Discworld)
- Magicarium (Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune)
- The Book of a Thousand Spells (Geronimo Stilton: The Wizard’s Wand)
- The Book of Terold Croword, the Archmage (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon)
- Sez Hetris' Magic Scroll (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon)
- Armstrong Books of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
- Blake Books of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
- Meade Books of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
- Black Volume of the Dead (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Book of the White (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Red Scrolls of Magic (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Grimoires (Sorcery of Thorns)
Literature
- Teacher's Editions (Simon Bloom)
Live Action Movies/Television Series
- Book of Shadows (Charmed)
- Grimoire (Charmed)
- Book of Elders (Charmed 2018)
- Book of Shadows (Charmed 2018)
- Mal's Spellbook (Descendants)
- Cora's Book of Spells (Disney's Once Upon a Time)
- Hexoren (Every Witch Way/WITS Academy)
- The Exoren (Grachi)
- Tom Riddle's Diary (Harry Potter series)
- Vade Maecum Infernal (The Order)
- Xenotome (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
- Book of the Damned (Supernatural)
- The Black Grimoire (Supernatural)
- Book of Spells (Supernatural)
- Enchanted Storybook (Wizards of Waverly Place)
- Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (Evil Dead franchise)
- Biblio Magica (Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge)
- Spellbook/Manual of Witchcraft & Alchemy (Hocus Pocus)
- The Book of the Lodge (Island of Lost Souls)
- Book of Cagliostro (Marvel Cinematic Universe/Doctor Strange)
- Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
- Book of Amun-Ra (The Mummy)
- Oracle Bones (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
- Wonder Ride Books (Kamen Rider Saber)
RPG
- Metatext (Forgotten Realms)
Video Games
- Umbra Codex (Don't Starve)
- Black Books (The Elder Scrolls)
- Oghma Infinium (The Elder Scrolls)
- Tome of Eternal Darkness (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)
- Book of Thresholds (League of Legends)
- Tomes of DeRez (Madness Combat)
- Tomes of Doom (Madness Combat)
- Tomes of Magic (Madness Combat)
- Books on Enchanting Tables (Minecraft)
- Enchanted Books (Minecraft)
- Grimoires (Nier)
- Bombinomicon (Team Fortress 2)
- Fireproof Secret Diary (Team Fortress 2)
- Spellbook Magazine (Team Fortress 2)
- Fancy Spellbook (Team Fortress 2)
- Prelati's Spellbook (TYPE-MOON)
- Necronomicon (Town of Salem)
- Torn Notebook (Undertale)
Web Animation
- Stolas' Grimoire (Helluva Boss)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Mages (Black Clover) uses their bonded Grimoires to draw the full potential of their magical abilities.
The Books of Zeref (Fairy Tail) are grimoires written by Zeref that contain his knowledge about Black Magic including summoning Demons.
Book of Eibon (Soul Eater)
Prelati's Spellbook (TYPE-MOON)
Some of the 100 Spellbooks (Zatch Bell)
Cartoons/Comics
Gwen Tennyson's Spellbook (Ben 10)
The Archamada Book of Spells (Ben 10)
The Grimorum Arcanorum (Gargoyles)
Book of Ages (Jackie Chan Adventures) is an archive where all of history is flawlessly and magically recorded, anyone who rights on it alters history thus changing reality itself.
Book of the Vishanti (Marvel Comics)
Darkhold (Marvel Comics)
Legendarium (Winx Club)
Book of Spells (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
Evil Queen's spellbook (Ever After High)
The NinjaNomicon (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja) is a mystical semi-sentient book that holds the power of Precognition, teaches Randy valuable lessons, special abilities, contain spells like the Art of Healing or Earth Attack, and have a few magical defensive properties. The book also as a section called The Ultimate Lesson.
Sarah Ravencroft's Spell Book (Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost)
UBOS (Ultimate Book Of Spells) is a Living Spell Book.
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Rorek's Spell Book (Teen Titans)
Acme Book of Magic (Looney Tunes: Whizzard of Ow)
Simsala Grimm (Simsala Grimm) is a magical book with a collection of fairy tales.
The Enchiridion (Adventure Time)
Live Action TV/Movies
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The Book of Shadows (Charmed)
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The Book Of Elders (Charmed 2018)
The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (Evil Dead), the Book of the Dead.
The Exoren (Grachi)
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Spellbook/Manual of Witchcraft & Alchemy (Hocus Pocus)
Book of Amun-Ra (The Mummy)
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Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
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Oracle Bones (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) containing all the spells of the Ancient World.
Cora's Book of Spells (Once Upon a Time)
The Armstrong Book of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
The Blake Book of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
The Meade Book of Shadow (The Secret Circle)
As a Horcrux, Tom Riddle's Diary (Harry Potter) is a spiritual extension of the Dark Wizard Voldermort, having all of his magical abilities.
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The Book of the Damned (Supernatural) has all known spells and curses, including a spell to remove the Mark of Cain.
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The Black Grimoire (Supernatural)
Book of Spells (Supernatural)
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The Scarlet Witch reading the Darkhold (WandaVision/MCU)
Mal (Descendants)
Video Games
Charlotte Aulin (Castlevania)
Vil Schoenheit (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland)
Lana (Hyrule Warriors) has full control over her Book of Sorcery.
Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake (Sakura Wars) is a practitioner of Libromancy, allowing her to wield and control magical grimoires and the spells within.
Patchouli Knowledge (Touhou Project) has a lot of books which are mostly used for magic. Some of these books appear to act "independently" and can shoot danmaku.
Alice Margatroid (Touhou Project)
Elsa (Valkyrie Crusade)
Web Animation
Stolas' Grimoire (Helluva Boss)
Videos
The Mummy Awakens - The Mummy (1999) - Fear
When the Tide Turns in Our Favor - Supernatural
Three Delivery -EP01- - I Feel The Earth Move -- ClipCulture
Enchiridion - Adventure Time - Cartoon Network