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Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

383. Invisibility

Abaris magic arrow made him invisible. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 1]
agate confers this power. [Rom. Folklore: Brewer Dictionary,15]
Ariel invisible spirit plays tricks on the castaways. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Tempest ]
Cheshire cat vanishes at will; grin the last feature to go. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ]
chrysoprase put in mouth, renders bearer invisible. [Gem Symbolism: Kunz, 67–68]
Emperor’s New Clothes supposed to be invisible to anyone unworthy of his post. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in Andersen’s Fairy Tales ]
fern seed makes bearer invisible. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 406]
glory, hand of severed hand of hanged man renders bearer invisible. [Western Folklore: Leach, 477]
Gyges’s ring confers this power. [Gk. Folklore: Brewer, Dictionary, 497]
Harvey six-foot rabbit invisible to everyone but the play’s protagonist. [Am. Lit.: Benét, 444]
heliotrope effective if drunk with proper invocations. [Medieval Folklore: Boland, 43]
Invisible Man (Griffin) character made invisible by chemicals. [Br. Lit.: Invisible Man ]
Mambrino’s Helmet golden helmet makes wearer invisible. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote ]
Perseus’s helmet made him invisible when he killed Medusa. [Gk. Myth.: Metamorphoses ]
Reynard the Fox’s ring when ring becomes green, Reynard is invisible. [Medieval Lit.: Reynard the Fox ]
tarnhelm golden helmet that allowed its wearer to assume any form or even become invisible. [Ger. Opera: Wagner The Ring of the Nibelung ]
tarnkappe cloak taken from the Nibelungs by Siegfried grants the wearer invisibility and strength. [Ger. Lit.: Nibelungenlied ]

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invisibility in a number of legends, conferred on the wearer by an article of clothing, as a ring or helmet.

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