Talk:Magic/@comment-25013293-20140525163722/@comment-11571396-20140526052412

'''But isn't the Dragon's breath spell based around the dragon from the Golden Legend, which is a work of fiction? Does that mean you could use something from a story? Or at least something from a story that's almost become a myth in it's own right, say, Dacula?'''

Yes you can, later in the series, a group of magicians use magic inspired from the Cthulhu mythos, just like a nun has the powers of Baba Yaga, and two female magicians respectively use Cinderealla and the Little Match Girl as their basis respectively. It's still Idol Theory since you still copy from a preexisting form.

Concerning hands, I think social stigma and repression of left-handedness in history also have a big role in it.