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love potion

type of potion supposed to secure the love of the person to whom it is administered; now generally found in creative works, but formerly popular in the pre-modern world, and still being compounded to this day in the superstitious East
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love potion

Summary

love potion is a narrative motif[1]. It draws 626 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_motif category, ranking #13 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • love potion's instance of is recorded as narrative motif[3].
  • love potion is a type of potion[4].
  • love potion's Commons category is recorded as Love potion[5].
  • love potion's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon[6].
  • love potion's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • love potion's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • love potion's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[9].
  • love potion's has effect is recorded as love[10].
  • love potion's different from is recorded as L'elisir d'amore[11].
  • love potion's different from is recorded as Love potion[12].

Body

Definition and Type

love potion's instance of is recorded as narrative motif[3]. It is a type of potion[4].

Influence

Things named for love potion include Love Formula[13], a video game[14].

Why It Matters

love potion draws 626 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_motif category, ranking #13 of 20).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for it include Love Formula[13], a video game[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), The Nuttall Encyclopædia +1
    Instance of → narrative motif
    Subclass of → potion
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 121057, Add qualifier to All the Tropes article ID `Love_Potion`"
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