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{{quote|''"Fillet of a fenny snake,<br />
In the cauldron boil and bake;<br />
[[Trope Namer|Eye of newt]] and toe of frog,<br />
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,<br />
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* A couple of books from ''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]'' use this trope; the end of the first series ('Kushiel's Avatar' I believe) has the bone-priests that {{spoiler|only get their power by sacrificing someone that they love. The Mharkagir tries this with Phedre but she kills him instead; [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|and there was much rejoicing.]]}}. 'Kushiel's Mercy' (end of the second series) has Carthage trying to take over Terre D'Ange with some pretty involved magic. The stone trapping the elemental has some pretty [[Nightmare Fuel|icky]] requirements ( {{spoiler|infanticide being the big one}}) and the needle that afflicts Imriel with madness (and thus saves him from the bigger spell the Carthaginians are casting) requires toad-bile, lunatic sweat and being left in the light of the full moon (and NOT being in any other light) for a full month. Wonder what the process was for finding all that out.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[A Witch Shall Be Born]]" the title witch does not want this kind of magic.
{{quote| ''I could never endure to seclude myself in a golden tower, and spend the long hours staring into a crystal globe, mumbling over incantations written on serpent's skin in the [[Blood Magic]] of [[Virgin Power|virgins]], poring over musty volumes in forgotten languages.''}}
** In "[[The Tower of the Elephant]]", the rope
{{quote| ''It was woven from the tresses of dead women, which I took from [[Grave Robber|their tombs]] at [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve|midnight]], and steeped in the deadly wine of the upas tree, to give it strength.''}}
** In "[[The People of the Black Circle]]," they needed the king's hair.
{{quote| ''All discarded portions of the human body still remain part of it, attached to it by intangible connections. The priests of Asura have a dim inkling of this truth, and so all nail trimmings, hair and other waste products of the persons of the royal family are carefully reduced to ashes and the ashes hidden. But at the urgent entreaty of the princess of Khosala, who loved Bhunda Chand vainly, he gave her a lock of his long black hair as a token of remembrance. When my masters decided upon his doom, the lock, in its golden, jewel-encrusted case, was stolen from under her pillow while she slept, and another substituted, so like the first that she never knew the difference. Then the genuine lock travelled by camel caravan up the long, long road to Peshkhauri, thence up the Zhaibar Pass, until it reached the hands of those for whom it was intended.''}}
* In ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz'', one of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s [[Land of Oz|Oz books]], Ojo is collecting the ingredients to restore people from [[Taken for Granite|statues]]. He is arrested for collecting a six-leafed clover; Ozma made it illegal to collect such ingredients because people refused to obey her anti-magic law. Later, he finds the hardest -- a drop of oil from a living man -- which is from the Tin Woodman. Alas, he also needs the left wing of a yellow butterfly, and the Tin Woodman refuses to allow a butterfly to be harmed for the spell. Luckily, Glinda the Good doesn't need these ingredients.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prospero's Daughter]]'' trilogy, phoenix lamps, lit by phoenix feathers, and the Water of Life, retrieved from a well at the edge of world, are the first of many, many, many such items.
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* An episode of ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'' has Fu Dog using Eye of Newt simply because it's used in so many potions.
* In a Halloween episode of [[The Simpsons]], Patty and Selma are witches, cooking the classic recipe...
{{quote| "Needs more [[Eye of Newt]]."<br />
"You always want more [[Eye of Newt]]. If it were up to you, the soup would be nothing but Newt Eyes!" }}
 
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