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** While water doesn't seem all that binding on a planet that is two thirds water, for the Martians it is a very valuable and limited resource and to share it with someone is a precious act of camaraderie.
* In [[Diana Wynne Jones]]'s ''[[The Dalemark Quartet|The Spellcoats]]'', Kars Adon and Hern make a pact of undying friendship after Hern helps free Kars Adon's people from Kankredin. {{spoiler|After Kars Adon [[Taking the Bullet|takes a knife meant for Hern]],}} he points out that they're now quite literally blood brothers.
* ''[[The Indian in the Cupboard]]'': Little Bear and Boone, became Blood Brothers by having their wrists cut and then bound together. Little Bear also does the same thing with Omri before leaving and is consistently referred to as Omri's blood brother through the later books.
* In [[Darkness Visible]] Marsh and Lewis definitely qualify as this. Once they [[Fire-Forged Friends|stop hating each other]], that is...
* [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s [[Heralds of Valdemar|Tarma and Kethry]] are Blood Sisters, complete with a blood-mixing ritual of clasped hands. The pair were given a stamp of divine approval from Tarma's goddess when the wounded hands were instantly healed upon contact, leaving distinctive scars.
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* [[Winnetou]] and Old Shatterhand in the books of Karl May.
* The title character of the ''[[Flashman]]'' novels swears blood-brotherhood with several characters, noting in ''Flashman at the Charge'' that he felt more solemnity in the act than any Christian oath.
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