English citations of geas

curse? edit

  • 2003, Arthur Rowan, The Lore of the Bard: A Guide to the Celtic and Druid Mysteries, Llewellyn Worldwide (→ISBN), page 190:
    As an offensive tool, the pointing of a wand directs a curse or geas on a being, which will rob that being of luck or fate it to an undesirable experience.
  • 2015, Richard Lee Byers, Pathfinder Tales: Called to Darkness, Macmillan (→ISBN), page 90:
    As best I can tell, there's no curse or geas bound up in the steel.” She scowled. “I know that! It's my father's sword, and I'm proud to bear it! It's just . . . one more surprise. First, my brother runs mad. Then, it turns out there's ...
  • 2017, Jennifer Allis Provost, Walker, Bellatrix Press:
    "Then Hades put a geas on her—" Anya gasped, and Rina nodded. "Yep, he cursed her right there in front of everyone."
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    Then Robert got attacked by centaurs and sent to a hell dimension to battle the Hydra, Hades slapped a geas on Demeter, []