#magic mirrors

[mold-wizard]

Is there a limit to how many adventurers a magic mirror can hold trapped inside it? I'm thinking maybe I should check the magic mirrors in my mirror maze and see if they need to be emptied.

Eh, I'm sure it's fine.

[showamagicalgirls]

Here are some of the mirror moments from the fourteenth episode of the English dub of Princess Knight (リボンの騎士). Like, I wrote before, the most prominent direct reference in this episode seems to be to the magic mirror in Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was known in Japan as 白雪姫, in that the mirror shows Princess Bella who the most beautiful person in the land is. But, magic mirrors in general link Showa era magical girls with older Japanese stories like those of Amaterasu (天照) and Himiko (卑弥呼), and, in fact, I think there really are shades of the Amaterasu story here, particularly when Sapphire solves the problem of the day.

[the-final-sentence]

But I never found the book that allowed me entry, granted me succor in story, and a home after the last page until I wrote my own.

Jesmyn Ward, from "Magic Mirrors"

[disneyfanatic1993]

Magic Mirrors

One day, Opal tugs on the bottom of Cassandra's shirt and says, "Mommy, I know you are MY mommy. And I have a daddy, and you have a daddy. But... do YOU have a mommy?"

Cassandra stares down at her daughter in surprise. "Well, I... I did," she replies. "But she's not around anymore."

"Oh... Where did she go?" Opal asks, seeming distraught by this answer.

"Um..." Honestly, Cassandra hadn't expected to have to answer a question like this so soon. She doesn't dare attempt to explain what all Gothel did, or how it all ended for her, just yet. So she simply says, "I'll tell you another time, kiddo."

“But... will I ever see her?" Opal asks.

Suddenly, a thought comes to Cassandra's mind. "Actually, I know of a way you can."

After a short trek, Cassandra brings Opal to Gothel's old cabin and takes her to the room with the magic mirrors. Most of the room has been scorched from the fire, but they discover a mirror that has been untouched by the flames. Cass touches it, and an image of Gothel appears on the glass.

"Ooh," Opal says, her eyes sparkling with wonder as she stares at the image of her grandmother.

Cassandra glares at the mirror, until Opal suddenly points at it. "Mommy, that girl behind gramma... she looks like me!"

Cassandra notices the image of her younger self, sweeping behind Gothel. "Actually, YOU look like HER," she says with a chuckle, kneeling down to Opal's level. "That little girl is me."

Opal's eyes widen. "You were a little girl like me?"

Cassandra smiles fondly, and puts an arm around her daughter. "Yes, I was. It seems so long ago..."

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[magic-lights]

CAROWINDS MAGIC MIRRORS (1984-1988 VERSION)

(Opening Fanfare segment)

(Opening Fanfare segment)

(Huckleberry Hound & Friends segment)

(The Flintstones segment)

(The Jetsons segment)

(Scooby-Doo segment)

(Swirling Star Finale segment)

The Carowinds Magic Mirrors debuted in Summer 1984. What made Carowinds unique was that it had a Patriotic theme inside as opposed to the rainbow theme used in Kings Dominion. The Carowinds version also had an unique mirror frame.

The show segments followed the same format as Kings Island and King Dominion’s versions. All three versions were using the “guest stars” element. By late-1988, the original finale music used in all three versions were change to the “Funtastic” music.

[fidjiefidjie]

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[timespanner]

'Magic' mirror in Elizabethan court has mystical Aztec origin

A black mirror used by Queen Elizabeth I advisor John Dee to 'speak' with angels was originally a prophetic Mesoamerican artifact, new research reveals.

Ancient Mesoamericans believed mirrors were spirit doorways to alternate worlds, “much like Alice in Through the Looking Glass,” anthropologist Karl Taube of the University of California Riverside writes in an email. “Once you deeply gaze in, you have opened up that connection.” Taube has studied Aztec mirrors but was not involved in the new research.

The finding that the British Museum “spirit mirror” is of Aztec origin reinforces the theory that Dee used it as a skryer to conjure angels and spirits, Campbell says. It’s likely that Dee, who was very interested in the exploration of the New World, knew about the mirror’s reputed magical properties when he acquired it, probably during his travels around Europe in the late 1500s.

[parachronismx]

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