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| Feb 15, 2011 at 18:21 | comment | added | oosterwal | @RegDwight: I think Artifact of Attraction would be the closest description, except that, as you mention, it is defined to be a MacGuffin. The concept I'm thinking of could be a MacGuffin when used in stories, but in real life it transcends 'MacGuffiness'. | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 16:31 | comment | added | avpaderno | In that case, every trap is a treasure for the animal that finds it. | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 16:27 | comment | added | Chris B. Behrens | Well, you're absolutely right in the sense that it's not a physical object, but it was a treasure in the sense that Odysseus experienced gain from hearing it (we presume). I don't think that there's a perfect answer, at least, not in Western mythology. | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 16:25 | comment | added | oosterwal | @Chris B. Behrens: Maybe, but a 'Siren Song' is more like bait in a trap rather than a treasure that consumes a person (consuming their every waking thought, then consuming them physically.) | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 16:15 | comment | added | Chris B. Behrens | @Oosterwal - you should post "Siren Song" as the answer. | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 16:06 | comment | added | oosterwal | 'Artifact of Doom' is close, but it does not require the thing to be highly desired, or a lure, like the Siren's song. Also, Artifact of Doom requires the thing to be physical--the word I'm looking for could also be applied to an idea, a secret knowledge, or philosophy. | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 15:26 | history | answered | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |