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==Terms== | |||
===Barrier=== | |||
{{Glossary | |||
|term = {{Nihongo|Barrier|結界|Kekkai}} | |||
|description = An otherworld used by [[Witch]]es to conceal themselves. Should a normal human wander in by accident, it is impossible for them to escape. | |||
|image = File:Witch ep2 entering.jpg | |||
|image_desc = Madoka and friends entering [[Gertrud|Gertrud's]] barrier. | |||
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== | ===Familiar=== | ||
[[ | {{Glossary | ||
|term = {{Nihongo|Familiar|使い魔|Tsukaima}} | |||
| | |description = Lesser monsters divided out of the essence of a [[Witch]]. Though normally assigned the task of maintaining and defending their parent-witch's [[barrier]], it seems that they can eventually gain independence and stray to form their own barriers. Further growing, they take on the form of their parent. | ||
| | |image = File:Ulla_screen.png | ||
|image_desc = [[Ulla]], [[Suleika]]'s familiar in his own [[barrier]]. | |||
}} | }} | ||
== | ===Grief Seed=== | ||
{{Glossary| | |||
|term = {{Nihongo|Grief Seed|グリフシード}} | |||
|description = A [[Witch]]'s egg, which occasionally appears after a Witch is defeated. Puella Magi require these items to restore their depleted magical energies. | |||
|image = File:Grief seed.png | |||
| | |image_desc = [[Gertrud]]'s Grief seed. | ||
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}} | }} | ||
== | ===Puella Magi=== | ||
{{Glossary | |||
{{ | |term = {{Nihongo|Puella Magi|魔法少女|Mahō shōjo|lit. Magical Girl}} | ||
| | |description = Girls who have formed a contract with [[Kyuubey]], and in exchange gained the power of magic. Existences entrusted with the task of combating [[Witch]]es. | ||
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}} | }} | ||
== | ===Soul Gem=== | ||
{{ | {{Glossary | ||
| | |term = {{Nihongo|Soul Gem|ソウルジェム}} | ||
| | |description = A gem birthed from a contract with [[Kyuubey]]. Proof that one is a Puella Magi; the source of her magical power. | ||
| | |image = File:Soul gem.png | ||
| | |image_desc = [[Mami Tomoe|Mami]]'s Soul gem | ||
}} | }} | ||
== | ===Witch=== | ||
{{Glossary | |||
|term = {{Nihongo|Witch|魔女|Majo}} | |||
| | |description = The negative impulse that is called anxiety or suspicion, or excessive wrath or hatred = existences that spread the seeds of disaster across the world. Normally, they conceal themselves behind [[#Barrier|barriers]]. | ||
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}} | }} | ||
==Witch== | ===Witch's Kiss=== | ||
{{ | {{Glossary | ||
| | |term = {{Nihongo|Witch's Kiss|魔女の口づけ|Majo no kuchizuke}} | ||
| | |description = A mark that appears on a human targeted by a [[Witch]]. | ||
| | |image = File:Witch's kiss.png | ||
| | |image_desc = Witch's kiss on a victim's body | ||
}} | }} | ||
== | ==External links== | ||
[ | *[http://www.madoka-magica.com/special/ Glossary page on the official website] | ||
Revision as of 07:17, 2 February 2011
Terms
Barrier
Familiar
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Grief Seed
Puella Magi
Soul Gem
Witch
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Witch's Kiss
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