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A {{Nihongo|'''Tarnkappe'''|タルンカッペ|Tarunkappe}} is a [[spiritual item]] based on a cloak of invisibility which appears in [[Norse Mythology]].<ref name = KanzakiSSCh4Pt4>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Kanzaki Kaori]] Chapter 4 Part 4</ref>

=={{TrackTag25}}Etymology==
A ''Tarnkappe'' (which can be translated as "cap of concealment") is a hat (or sometimes a veil) worn by an {{W|Alp (folklore)|alp}}, which gives the being magical powers, including the ability to become invisible.

==Principles==
The Tarnkappe originally would have been a large cloak, which would enhance its wearer's strength and make their body invisible.<ref name = KanzakiSSCh4Pt4 />

In the case of the Tarnkappe used by [[Alfar]], it was analyzed and its workings reconstructed to turn it into a spiritual item in the form of narrow threads. These threads were laid out in a passageway, creating a magical screen like the film of a soap bubble and erasing a person's form from the background, leaving virtually no trace of them visible even to the enhanced eyesight of a Saint like Kanzaki Kaori, though she was able to notice the threads after focusing more.<ref name = KanzakiSSCh4Pt4 />

==Chronology==
===Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Kanzaki===
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During the events in [[Brick Wharf]], [[Alfar]] initially hides herself, and an animal distorted by her power, from [[Kanzaki Kaori]] using a Tarnkappe made from silk threads.<ref name = KanzakiSSCh4Pt4 />

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==References==
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[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Magic {{TrackTagX5|Item}}s and Artifacts]]
[[Category:Norse Mythology]]