Editing Witchcraft (section)

=== Birth words ===

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''"Our grey mothers rise from their tombs''<br>
''Each with bear spear in hand''<br>
''They ride their ghostly mounts of white''<br>
''Into the border land."''<br>
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Birth words are a stronger version of lesser spell poems. Their speaker knows the innermost mysteries of some force of nature, or an animal species, and thus has some power over this complete phenomenon. Because of this, an expert speaker of the birth words of fire can easily withstand immensely high temperatures, and an expert speaker of the birth words of cold does not need thick clothes even in winter, and an expert speaker of the birth words of wolves is not persecuted by wolves. This protection is always automatic and complete.

The walker can also attempt to force the object of his birth words to bend to his will. The fire will rise at his command, the iron begins to vibrate, possibly even break, and water begins to rise in waves, and can rise even to dry land. It is also possible to use the birth words in such a way that, for example, the birth words of wolves can be used to curse a village by persuading a herd of wolves to persecute it. The birth words of fire can bless the furnace of a blacksmith so that it will never extinguish.