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Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of charm

circa 1300, "incantation, magic charm"

from Old French charme "magic charm, magic spell incantation; song, lamentation"
from Latin carmen "song, verse, enchantment, religious formula," from canere "to sing, chant"
from PIE root *kan- "to sing"

charm noun
  • the chanting or reciting of a magic spell, incantation; a practice or expression believed to have magic power
  • something worn about the person to ward off evil or ensure good fortune, amulet
  • a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights; a physical grace or attractiveness; compelling attractiveness
  • a small ornament worn on a bracelet or chain
  • a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of +²/₃ and a measured energy of approximately 1.5 GeV
charm verb
  • to affect by or as if by magic; to please, soothe, or delight by compelling attraction
  • to endow with or as if with supernatural powers by means of charms
  • to protect by or as if by spells, charms, or supernatural influences
  • to control (an animal) typically by charms (such as the playing of music)
charmer noun
  • an attractive person
  • a person claiming or seeming to have magical powers

Specifics

Specific examples and quotes of charm

“That is one of the ways language can be used. Minimal inquiry or examining, minimal reasoning, but plenty of copying and pasting. Copying from accumulated memory, thereupon randomly inserting unexamined blurbs into conversation. Some juggle their mental saves and scribbles very smoothly, and can be seen as charming, or pleasant, especially by those who likewise use language in this manner.”

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore


“A yet stronger power than that of herb or stone lies in the spoken word, and all nations use it both for blessing and cursing. But these, to be effective, must be choice, well knit, rhythmic words (verba concepta), must have lilt and tune; hence all that is strong in the speech wielded by priest, physician, magician, is allied to the forms of poetry.”

"Teutonic Mythology"
by Jacob Grimm

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Legend

~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
Originals - Speed Well Dialogues

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