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The Grotto of the Redemption is the world's largest collection of petrifications and rocks located in one site.

Folklore

Petrifaction is also common theme in folklore and mythology, and is associated with the legends of Medusa the Gorgon, the basilisk, and the cockatrice, among others.

Petrifaction a major plot element in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

In various role-playing games, petrification is a state characters can enter as a result of magical spellFor spelling in linguistics, see orthography. For spells in magical and religious practices, see magic (paranormal). For spells in a game context, particularly in fantasy role-playing games, see magic (game).s or artifactAn artifact (also artefact is any object or process resulting from human activity. The specific meanings of the word are several: an artifact in archaeology an artifact of observation an artifact of fantasy a compression artifact resulting from lossy datas. In this state characters are unable to perform any physical action, and may be unable to perform mental actions as well. They may be deadThis page deals with death, the cessation of life. For other meanings of death, see death (disambiguation). Death is a term that can refer to either the termination of life in a living system, or the state of that organism after that event. A common perce. They usually must be recovered (if at all) by some magical means, such as a "stone to flesh" spell in Dungeons & DragonsThis article is about the role-playing game. See also the movie Dungeons & Dragons and the cartoon series Dungeons & Dragons, both of which were based on this game. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) publish or a "soft" potionA potion (from Latin potio meaning beverage, potion, poison) is a drinkable medicine or poison. In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch. there can be cited love potions, intended to in Final FantasyFinal Fantasy ( Japanese: Fainaru Fantajii is a very popular series of role-playing video games produced by Square (aka Squaresoft), now Square Enix. The Final Fantasy video game franchise originated in Japan in 1987 (with Final Fantasy I and was brought games.

Figuratively, the word can also refer to a state of paralysisParalysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Major causes are stroke, trauma, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), botulism and Guillain-Barre syndrome. Paralysis may be localized (in a disorder called Be resulting from fearFear is an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, real or not. Fear also can be described as a feeling of extreme dislike to some conditions/objects, such as: fear of darkness, fear of ghosts, etc. It is one of the basic emotions. Fear may underl.