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** There are also good people who use blood magic--they only use their own blood. Most notably, the Shin'a'in, whose patron goddess will sometimes require someone (usually a shaman) to sacrifice themselves to prove the people's need.
** There are also good people who use blood magic--they only use their own blood. Most notably, the Shin'a'in, whose patron goddess will sometimes require someone (usually a shaman) to sacrifice themselves to prove the people's need.
* In ''[[Stardust (novel)|Stardust]]'', the witches use the hearts of living stars to prolong their youth as a form of blood magic.
* In ''[[Stardust (novel)|Stardust]]'', the witches use the hearts of living stars to prolong their youth as a form of blood magic.
* In ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]'', Voldemort uses {{spoiler|Harry's blood to reconstitute himself}}. In addition to reviving himself, it gives Voldemort the power to touch Harry, because [[The Power of Love|the all-sacrificing love]] that Lily imparted to her son resided in Harry's blood. This later {{spoiler|backfired as the blood link to the then-immortal Voldemort prevented Harry from dying, though this}} didn't stop a rebounding Killing Curse later on.
* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]'', Voldemort uses {{spoiler|Harry's blood to reconstitute himself}}. In addition to reviving himself, it gives Voldemort the power to touch Harry, because [[The Power of Love|the all-sacrificing love]] that Lily imparted to her son resided in Harry's blood. This later {{spoiler|backfired as the blood link to the then-immortal Voldemort prevented Harry from dying, though this}} didn't stop a rebounding Killing Curse later on.
** Also, in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter]]'', a small blood sacrifice is needed {{spoiler|to reach the spot of Voldemort's Horcrux. Dumbledore actually expresses disappointment at Tom Riddle for such a basic idea (that overlaps with Blood Is Scary, below), and points out to Harry that the idea is to weaken the intruder as much as possible.}}
** Also, in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter]]'', a small blood sacrifice is needed {{spoiler|to reach the spot of Voldemort's Horcrux. Dumbledore actually expresses disappointment at Tom Riddle for such a basic idea (that overlaps with Blood Is Scary, below), and points out to Harry that the idea is to weaken the intruder as much as possible.}}
** And then there's unicorn blood. It will, according to Firenze, "keep you alive, even if you are at the brink of death, but at a terrible price. You have slain something pure and defenseless to save yourself, so you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips."
** And then there's unicorn blood. It will, according to Firenze, "keep you alive, even if you are at the brink of death, but at a terrible price. You have slain something pure and defenseless to save yourself, so you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips."
* ''[[Discworld]]'' parodies this with the Rite of Ashk'Ente, which summons Death - it's implied that this is supposed to require a human sacrifice, but magical refinements mean that it's now possible with only "4 cubic centimetres of mouse blood".
* ''[[Discworld]]'' parodies this with the Rite of Ashk'Ente, which summons Death - it's implied that this is supposed to require a human sacrifice, but magical refinements mean that it's now possible with only "4 cubic centimetres of mouse blood".
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