76 MAGIC WORDS Rooglio-Fooglio-Vungerty-Vee In Literature: • "[Bastinda] transferred the wand to her right hand, and slowly pointed it toward the floor, chanting, 'Rooglio-fooglio-vungerty-vee." -- Sherwood Smith, The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005) Rotundus Reversus Double Plus (see also circulus rotundus) Origins: This magic phrase includes the Latin words rotundus, "round," and reversus, "to turn back." Common Magician's Applications: Linking rings, as described in Janice Eaton Kilby's Book of Wizard Magic (200 ). Rumplesnitz In Literature: • "It can't be too short or it wouldn't be potent. . . . Here's a splendid word -- 'Rumplesnitz.' Do you think you can learn that?" -- Heywood Broun, The Fifty-First Dragon (1985) Rumpelstiltskin Magic words -- abracadabra, Rumpelstiltskin. -- Richard Eyre, Teaching Your Children Values (199 ) Origins: Rumpelstiltskin originated in a German folktale about a magical little man who has gold thread spun from straw. The secret of his true name is the source of his power. Facts: There is an "ancient tradition known as word magic: in folk tales (for example "Rumpelstiltskin"), in scripture (the naming of the animals in Genesis), and generally, in the 'discovery' and naming of lands and even in the baptism of children; to give a name to (or to learn the name of) an artery, a nerve, a lymphatic duct is to have a sense of familiarity, perhaps even ownership or control."7 6 S. I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition (1991) 7 Albert Howard Carter, First Cut (1997)