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** Non-detection amulets are eventually issued to almost everyone hunted by magic-users and having a powerful ally -- when everyone and their familiar has a [[Crystal Ball]] it's a no-brainer. Rinda the Scribe was given an artifact (specifically created for her) that prevents location even by gods -- she hides the [[Artifact of Doom|Cyrinishad]]. In ''Finder's Stone'' series all living constructs has even more universal built-in antidivination measures of minor artifact level -- they were supposed to be superpowered assasins, after all.
* In ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' it could be argued that the protection from the Good Witch's kiss is less magically protective in of itself than a matter of not wanting to tick off a powerful witch.
* [[Inheritance Cycle (Literature)|Eragon]] gives a blessing to a girl, but because [
{{quote| Elva is an orphaned baby Eragon attempts to bless but accidentally curses. As a result, Elva is compelled to protect other people from harm at the cost of her own peace of mind. (Eragon intends to say 'May you be ''shielded'' from harm' but accidentally says 'May you be ''a shield'' from harm'.)}}
* [[Harry Potter]]'s mother's love acts as a charm protecting him from Voldemort (for the first four books, anyway).
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