Magic Carpet: Difference between revisions

 

Compare [[Sky Surfing]], [[Flying Broomstick]], [[Hover Board]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Baishana from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' rides around on one of these, since he is modeled after a stereotypical snake charmer.

* ''[[MAR]]'''s Edward has a magic carpet. It crashes when they meet the last member of their team and it's not seen again.

 

== [[Card Games]] ==

* [[Mark Twain]]'s ''Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven'' uses magic carpets as [[Teleporters and Transporters|instantaneous teleporters]].

* [[J. K. Rowling]]'s companion book to ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', ''[[Quidditch Through the Ages]]'', claims that magic carpets are more popular than broomsticks among wizards in the Middle East and South Asia. Also, it mentions that it's illegal to import flying carpets into the United Kingdom.

* One features in [[Diana Wynne Jones]]'s ''[[Castle in the Air]]''.

* Seems to me there was one in the [[Christopher Moore]] novel ''[[Practical Demonkeeping]]'' but maybe it was a genie, or the demon.

* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' the [[Flying Carpet]] is a moderately common object in Klach.

* Family-sized flying carpets are advertised as an alternative to cars in the ''[[Incarnations of Immortality]]'' series.

* In ''[[Lieutenant Gullivar Jones His Vacation]]'' (a.k.a. ''Gulliver of Mars'') by Edwin Lester Arnold, a magic carpet carries Lieutenant Jones to Mars where he experiences a series of adventures similar to those later enjoyed by [[John Carter of Mars]]. Jones and his magic carpet also appeared in the first issue of the second volume of ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''.

* In ''[[The Black Company]]'', the <s> Nazgul</s>Taken use flying carpets both to travel long distances quickly, and for tactical superiority in battle.