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A potion (from Latin ''potio'' "drink") is a magical medicine, drug or poison in liquid form. In mythology and literature, a potion is usually made by a magician, dragon, fairy or witch and has magical properties. It is used for various motives including the healing, bewitching or poisoning of people. For example, love potions for those who wish to fall in love (or become deeply infatuated) with another (the love potion figures tragically into most versions of the tale of Tristan and Iseult, including Richard Wagner's opera ''Tristan und Isolde''); sleeping potions to cause long-term or eternal sleep (in folklore, this can range from the normal REM sleep to a deathlike coma); and elixirs heal/cure any wound/malady (as in C.S. Lewis' ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe''). Goscinny and Uderzo's character Asterix the Gaul gained superhuman strength from a magic potion brewed by the druid Getafix. Creation of potions of different kinds was a common practice of alchemy, and was commonly associated with witchcraft, as in ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'' by William Shakespeare. During the 19th century, it was common in certain countries to see wandering charlatans offering curative potions. These were eventually dismissed as quackery. In modern fantasy, potions are often portrayed as spells in liquid form, capable of causing a variety of effects, including healing, amnesia, infatuation, transformation, invisibility, and invulnerability.〔John Grant and John Clute, ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'', "Potions", p 779 ISBN 0-312-19869-8〕 Potions have also gained popularity as a standard item in video games, usually as a healing item. They are often depicted in bottles resembling florence flasks. The availability of healing potions in the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series of games eventually resulted in the release of an actual beverage named "Potion" in Japan by Square Enix, the games' creators. ==See also== *Concoction *Elixir *Herbal tea *Tincture 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「potion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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