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* In The ''Outlaw Of Torn'' by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], Norman of Torn has a lily-shaped birthmark on his right breast, which eventually proves that he's Prince Richard, lost heir to Henry III.
* The royal family in the ''[[Hero Series]]'' all have a royal birthmark indicating as such.
* In ''[[The Prophecy of the Stones]]'', the gift of hope, which allows the protagonists to defeat evil, has been passed down through the generations, with the carriers of hope bearing a sun-shaped scar on their palm. {{spoiler|The other protagonist, Joa,}} reveals at the end that she has such a scar, which connects [[Third Line, Some Waiting|her plotline]] to the main one.
* In ''[[The Belgariad]]'', Garion has a discoloured mark in the shape of a circle on one of his palms. {{spoiler|This mark is actually possessed by every descendant of Riva who is in line to inherit the Rivan throne.}}
** Sorcerers also have such a mark somewhere. Polgara's is in her ''hair''.
** Among the Ulgo people, the one destined to become their holy man is known by the colour of his eyes at birth.
* Discussed in ''[[Artemis Fowl]]: The Atlantis Complex''. Orion wants Foaly to help him search for one. [[We Want Our Jerk Back|Foaly is not amused]].
* A main plot point of the childrens' series ''Dragonblood'', which centers on kids born with a dragon heritage who can usually transform into dragons. They all have a dragon-shaped birthmark on their arm.
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* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'': Bullwinkle has one of these on on the bottom of his foot/hoof. It's subverted at the end when it turns out that it's actually the design on his bathroom floor mat, imprinted when he stepped out of the tub.
** And double-subverted when he later reveals that he has another one on the sole of his other foot that '''won't''' wash off.
* In ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', members of the Huntsclan have dragon-shaped birthmarks. According to [[Capulet Counterpart|Rose]], before her [[Heel Face Turn]], it destines her to slay dragons.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' gives Raven glowing red birthmarks in the shape of occult-looking symbols all over her body as a sign that she is the daughter of/portal for the demon Trigon. However, these marks are normally invisible and only appear when Trigon is stirring (i.e. [[Law of Conservation of Detail|only when they're relevant to the plot]]).
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat]]'' where Sagwa's younger sister Sheegwa is thought to be a princess because of a star-shaped birthmark on her body, but at the end of the episode the "birthmark" is accidentally washed off and is revealed to be just a stain of mud.
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