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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' has {{spoiler|Homura}} try to create these to save close friends, only for [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|something far worse to take its place]], and ends up [[Break the Cutie|going mad in the process]].
 
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==Myth and Folklore==
* An [[Babylonian Mythology|ancient Babylonian myth]] recorded in the [[Talmud]] and transcribed by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] tells of a merchant in Baghdad thatwho sent his servant to the marketplace for provisions, only for the servant to come home white and trembling. The servant was jostled by a woman whom he recognized as [[Death]], and fled to Samarra to hide from her after she makes a threatening gesture. The merchant later finds Death at the market place to inquire about the threatening gesture, and she replies:
{{quote|“That was not a threatening gesture, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I have an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”}}
 
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