Essay... sorta

Oral Traditions: Word Magic
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In Harry Potter a few words of Latin defy the laws of physics, in Good Omens The Word told a story that never happened, by using a true name one can control or be controlled. Each of these examples is a story, a tradition that demonstrates the power that words have. This power is still in common usage in modern times. For Example, arguments give weight to each person’s words to convince or encourage the other side to surrender, speeches are meant to bind people to a cause, contracts are binding law.
But, really, this is oral and imaginative, we don’t need no stinking literature… which completely destroys the point of actually writing this essay… *shrugs*, oh, well. The point that I am trying to get to is that all words have power.
Spells/Spell Battles/Word Battles/ Flyting
J.K. Rowlings uses Latin for her magic words, Vainamoinen and Ilmorinen sing in Old Norse to gain immortality. These examples lead me to the conclusion that it is not the language that gives the power so much as the inherent meaning behind the words.
Flyting is a Scottish tradition of a word battle consisting of insults. “Flyt” is Scot’s Gaelic for “quarrel” or “conflict.” I suppose it is something like a battle of bloody knuckles where the first person to flinch looses or who gave the last or best insult wins. The point is to have more power over the judge and the enemy.
Kotodama/Kototama
True Names/Soul Names