In folklore, a weapon fired by the fae whose poison caused epilepsy. In modern science fiction and fantasy, its most common usage seems to be high-tech characters explaining epilepsy to low-tech characters. One notable exception to this is Raymond Feist's Faerie Tale, which uses shot fired by actual elves.

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