[quote=@Hael]
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It's in Septimus Heap, ya, but it's also occasionally found in several real legends.

I [i]think[/i] it may be common in Celtic myth, but don't take my word for t.
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Celtic myths and rituals are strange on so many levels. Like how bestiality was a rite done to worship Epona...