History Main / MagicMirror

* In Creator/JohnBellairs' ''literature/TheFaceInTheFrost'' (1969), the wizard Prospero has one. Chapter One: "That was the magic mirror, a competent but somewhat sarcastic mirror in a heavy gilt frame. When the magician was not trying to get something out of it, it was given to tuneless humming and crabby remarks."

* In Creator/JohnBellairs' ''The Face in the Frost'' (1969), the wizard Prospero has one. Chapter One: "That was the magic mirror, a competent but somewhat sarcastic mirror in a heavy gilt frame. When the magician was not trying to get something out of it, it was given to tuneless humming and crabby remarks."

** Later we actually meet Titania and Oberon, rulers of TheFairFolk. In "The Gathering, Part 1," Oberon uses a mirror identical to the above in order to contact Princess Katherine, then transport himself to New York. WordOfGod says that this is "Oberon's Mirror," and that the pair were given to them as wedding gifts.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' had Titania's mirror in an episode named, interestingly, ''The Mirror''. Unclear exactly what it did, it mostly seemed to be a focus for Puck's power. It was also used for by Demona to summon and capture Puck, and it exhibited teleportation capabilities.

* Mirrors in ''VideoGame/{{Illusions}}'' act as [[AnotherDimension dimensional portals]]. On the other side, the game's StatusLine has [[InterfaceScrew mirrored text]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}} has magic mirrors that appear as items in underground chests, as well as an ice variant found in the underground snow biome. Using one of the mirrors will teleport the player back to their spawn point after a small delay.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' has a Magic Mirror which functions as a WarpZone between the DarkWorld and the Light World. In dungeons, it serves as an ExcapeRope so Link can return to their entrance.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' has a Magic Mirror which functioned as a WarpZone between the DarkWorld and the Light World.
** The Mirror Shield from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' may or may not count.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the Mirror of Twilight can create a gateway to the [[DarkWorld Twilight Realm]], and its pieces serve as the second major set of PlotCoupons after it gets shattered.

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* ''VideoGame/EpicMickeyt'': The opening scene from the 1936 MickeyMouse short "Thru the Mirror", in which Mickey has fallen asleep reading ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass]]'' and his dream self decides to go check out the mirror above his fireplace mantle, is used in the intro of ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' as an explanation for how Mickey ended up in Yen Sid's tower and [[spoiler:accidentally created [[EldritchAbomination the Shadow Blot]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero caused the Thinner Disaster]]]]. The short itself is also featured as a 2D "travel zone" level in-game.

* The opening scene from the 1936 MickeyMouse short "Thru the Mirror", in which Mickey has fallen asleep reading ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass]]'' and his dream self decides to go check out the mirror above his fireplace mantle, is used in the intro of ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' as an explanation for how Mickey ended up in Yen Sid's tower and [[spoiler:accidentally created [[EldritchAbomination the Shadow Blot]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero caused the Thinner Disaster]]]]. The short itself is also featured as a 2D "travel zone" level in-game.

* Zhukov, the BigBad of the ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' novel ''The Corroded Man'', uses reflective surfaces as portals [[PowerAtAPrice at the cost of]] [[BodyHorror his body decaying]]. His ultimate goal is to create one gigantic magic mirror, [[spoiler:through which he can travel in time and change the past.]]

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' occasionally features the Senshoujing gear, which uses fragments of a mirror relic as its base. Its primary abilities are manipulating light and breaking "curses," which translates into a combat style based on AntiMagic BeamSpam that can do everything from destroying other Symphogears to [[spoiler:removing the Curse of Balal]]. Unfortunately, its ability to distort perception also means it can be rigged to MindControl the wearer; as powerful as it is, [[spoiler:[[MuggleBestFriend Miku]] only gets to use it ''willingly'' in the final battle]].

** [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-739 SCP-739 ("A Mirrored Booth")]]. When someone is inside the booth, the mirrors' reflections of the person act independently of what the person is doing. Each time the booth's door is opened and closed the reflection move closer to the person. It's hinted that if the reflections reach the person they will replace them and escape into the world.

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' occasionally features the Senshoujing gear, which uses fragments of a mirror relic as its base. Its primary abilities are manipulating light and breaking “curses," which translates into a combat style based on AntiMagic BeamSpam that can do everything from destroying other Symphogears to [[spoiler:removing the Curse of Balal]]. Unfortunately, its ability to distort perception also means it can be rigged to MindControl the wearer; as powerful as it is, [[spoiler:[[MuggleBestFriend Miku]] only gets to use it ''willingly'' in the final battle]].

* ''Webcomic/TheShufflers'': Märchen is gifted one by a client in the chapter “The Golden Mirror". It causes him to become enamoured with only looking at himself, to the point he doesn’t sleep or eat even when Hiddenite forces him to.

-->--[[http://nift.firedrake.org/EEmpress.htm Guidelines for Evil Empresses]]

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' occasionally features the Senshoujing gear, which uses fragments of a mirror relic as its base. Its primary abilities are manipulating light and breaking “curses,” which translates into a combat style based on AntiMagic BeamSpam that can do everything from destroying other Symphogears to [[spoiler:removing the Curse of Balal]]. Unfortunately, its ability to distort perception also means it can be rigged to MindControl the wearer; as powerful as it is, [[spoiler:[[MuggleBestFriend Miku]] only gets to use it ''willingly'' in the final battle]].

* ''Webcomic/TheShufflers'': Märchen is gifted one by a client in the chapter “The Golden Mirror”. It causes him to become enamoured with only looking at himself, to the point he doesn’t sleep or eat even when Hiddenite forces him to.

* In ''Animation/TheSnowQueen2012'', Gerda and Kai's father made mirrors like this, and Gerda herself carries one. This is why the Snow Queen is afraid of mirrors; she can't bear to know what she has become.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishfart}}'', Fireball Cat's ''mouth'' acts like one. Yeah, it's a weird show.

* Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Literature/RevoltingRhymes''' version of Snow White has her find refuge with seven out-of-work jockeys who spend all their money on horse races. She ends up stealing the evil queen's mirror and using it to predict the race winners to live happily ever after, with the less-than-stellar moral that gambling is fine if you always win.

* ''Literature/MerkabahRider'': In "The Nightjar Women", the corridors of Lilith's brothel are lined with floor to ceiling mirrors. When the Rider is attempting to escape, he discovers that these mirrors are enchanted to act as portal: allowing to Lilith to bring in a large number of her bodyguard demons almost instantly.
* ''Literature/TheScholomance'': The protagonist has to make a magic mirror from scratch for an artificing assignment at WizardingSchool. It's tricky work, requiring help from two friends, and they're all quite annoyed when it comes out [[CursedItem cursed]] to dispense prophecies of doom instead of helpful advice.
* The Merlin Glass, from ''Literature/SecretHistories'', is an enchanted hand mirror that can not only scry upon named people and locations, but also transport people (willingly or not), objects, vehicles or even whole armies to or from the scried-upon sites. Over the course of the series, its bearer Eddie Drood discovers more and more of its hidden functions, and dangers.

*** There was even a ShoutOut -- "Isolde's Answer" spell that allowed to see a scene in 5+ mile radius as an answer to one question using any scrying device. And yes, asking a mirror "Who's The FairestOfThemAll?" (-- them all in 1 mile per level, anyway --) was one of examples. The other two were far more useful "Where I put that book?" and "Where are the fish biting today?"
* Fetches from ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', as part of [[EvilTwin their very nature]], have powers over mirrors and associated elements. They can produce a shard of glass that serves as a knife from any mirror, or force a changeling to perceive everyone as wearing their own face, or trap a changeling in a mirror world, or touch a mirror and produce a clone.

* ''Man, Myth & Magic'' module ''Death to Setenta''. Inside the Maze of Death the {{PC}}s can find a hsll filled with mirrors. Once they start to move through it, ugly distorted reflections of themselves will emerge from the mirrors and attack them.

* Featured multiple times in ''VideoGame/KingsQuest''.
** In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestI'', Merlin's Mirror, one of the treasures of Daventry, was a magical mirror, one of the three treasures Graham sought to collect.
** In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestII'', the mirror shows the imprisoned Valanice to king Graham.
** In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIII'', the mirror finally clears up after a long period of darkness has passed.
** In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIV'', the fairy Genesta first contacted Rosella through it, launching the events of the game.
** In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVI'', this mirror revealed to Alexander the peril of Cassima in the intro, again launching the events of the game; and yet another magic mirror is given to Alexander by the Beast from "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast", and later used to [[spoiler: win a duel with Death by making him cry.]] The mirror has a second use in the [[MultipleEndings bare-bones ending]], where it [[spoiler: reveals the princess to be a fake at the royal wedding.]]
** In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestMaskOfEternity'', the mirror shows King Graham what transpires in the Realm of the Sun and later allows Connor his first glimpse of his enemy Lucreto.
** In the ExtendedUniverse novel ''Literature/KingsQuestTheFloatingCastle'', the mirror is clouded by the arrival of an EvilSorcerer, and the sorcerer's castle also has a set of mirrors which can be used to view between or even [[CoolGate travel between]] each other.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' has a Magic Mirror which functioned as a WarpZone between the DarkWorld and the Light World.
** The Mirror Shield from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' may or may not count.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the Mirror of Twilight can create a gateway to the [[DarkWorld Twilight Realm]], and its pieces serve as the second major set of PlotCoupons after it gets shattered.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' uses magic mirrors both as {{Save Point}}s and teleportation nodes. As well as blunt instruments used to [[ImprobableWeaponUser violently beat demons to death]]. Considering one of the mythical Amaterasu's treasures is a mirror, this Ammy basically homages the myth.

* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', [[LadyOfBlackMagic Chizuru]] [[LadyOfWar Kagura]] is the holder of the Mirror of Yata, which grants her MasterOfIllusion ''and'' BarrierMaiden powers. [[spoiler: The Mirror is stolen by Ash Crimson later, and it's returned to her when Ash gets himself {{Ret Gone}}d.]]
** She ''can'' give it the normal use if it's needed, though. In KOF: KYO she's seen watching over [[spoiler: Iori and Kyo's BattleInTheRain]] through the Yata Mirror without needing to be there,
* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'' there is a magic mirror that can be used to reflect spells back upon the caster. It's of course an important object in beating the game.
* One house on the ''VideoGame/GliderPRO'' CD, "In The Mirror", is themed around these--some helpful, some harmful, others just cool-looking. Mirrors were also a common form of teleportation, going as far back as ''Glider 4.0''[='s=] "The House."
* In ''VideoGame/UltimaIX'' the destruction of Skara Brae could be seen by activating a red, smoky mirror in Lord British's chambers, after which the mirror shattered.
* The Magic Mirror from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' appears twice in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series:
** The mirror first appears in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. For gameplay reasons, it is given the previously unseen ability to suck people into a pocket dimension within itself where the mirror's spirit can physically harm the protagonists. It is also aware of events outside of Dwarf Woodlands, referring to the Keyblade Graveyard as "beyond light and dark" and "where war was waged upon the fells."
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts02BirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage'', the mirror itself continues to exist in the Realm of Darkness with its spirit gone. Now seemingly possesed by darkness, it contains several parts of Dwarf Woodlands in pocket dimensions, connected by even more mirrors and reduced to twisted shells of what they once were. It also creates an EnemyWithout MirrorMonster for Aqua to fight.
* The opening scene from the 1936 MickeyMouse short "Thru the Mirror", in which Mickey has fallen asleep reading ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass]]'' and his dream self decides to go check out the mirror above his fireplace mantle, is used in the intro of ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' as an explanation for how Mickey ended up in Yen Sid's tower and [[spoiler:accidentally created [[EldritchAbomination the Shadow Blot]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero caused the Thinner Disaster]]]]. The short itself is also featured as a 2D "travel zone" level in-game.

* Mirrors are used as portals to the DarkWorld in ''VideoGame/DarkSeed''.

* ''VideoGame/SolomonsKey'' had evil mirrors as {{Mook Maker}}s.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' introduces this in the ''Supernatural'' expansion. Other than tell sims they're beautiful, it also can make them over or just chat with them. Also, like the other mirrors in the game, it can teach your sim the "charisma" skill.

* In the first ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'' game, one of the levels contains a mirror that can't be broken with a sword and blocks one of the paths that the Prince must go through. [[spoiler: The correct solution is to have the Prince take some steps behind, then run back towards the mirror and ultimately ''leap'' into it.]] [[spoiler: Bad thing, doing so will release the Prince's EvilTwin of sorts, whom he must fight later.]]
* In the ''Manga/FushigiYuugiGenbuKaiden'' game, ''Kagami no Miko'', one of these is in the home of a girl from modern Japan named Mariko Kobayashi (her archaeologist dad found it in one of his research trips), and it swallows both Mariko and her best friend Takumi Mochizuki with its magic. It sends the two into the country of Hokkan, located within the ''Universe of the Four Gods'', and in the path of the ''Genbu Kaiden'' heroine Takiko "Genbu no Miko" Okuda and her Genbu Senshi...
* A few of these show up in the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'', which is to be expected since they're based on classic fairy tales.
* ''Videogame/AzureStrikerGunvolt:'' Zonda's [[PsychicChildren Septimal power]] is named "Mirror", which lets them create a male and female form of themself, trap people in mirrors, create mirror images of themself and their allies, and illusionary powers (such as turning Gunvolt's perspective upside-down).

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Nyx's supports with the Avatar mention that there's a magical mirror she's looking for. [[spoiler: Since she has been cursed with eternal youth, she wants to get said mirror to see what she'd actually look like if not for said curse.]] [[spoiler: If she and the Male Avatar get an S support, he uses a normal mirror to propose to her.]]
-->'''Nyx''': "I'm looking for an artifact mirror. It's an ancient, sacred treasure, imbued with the power of the gods. It's rumored to [[spoiler: reflect only the truth.]] And that's all I'll say about it."
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'', Nuibaba gives one to [[spoiler: Berkut]] and he later uses it against Alm and his crew. The end result is that [[ZombieApocalypse dozens, if not hundreds, of Terrors]] rise up from the ground [[TakingYouWithMe and attempt to swallow everyone]]. Zofian and Regelian alike (Alm's party included) [[OhCrap lose their collective poop]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even the user has issues]] [[EvilIsNotAToy with the end result]].

* Pandora in ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' uses an artifact called the Mirror of Truth to duplicate members of the Underworld's army and increase their numbers. A botched attempt to duplicate Pit manifests his dark side known as [[EvilTwin Dark Pit]], who is disloyal to Pandora but still an enemy against Pit.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Tedd's mom [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/party-160 created one]] out of a regular mirror built into a door which was intended to save time and magic somehow but never worked right and was eventually forgotten about until recently.

* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' has the Reversing Mirror, which had the power to reverse the powers of any Shen Gong Wu it was used against. This was a rather loose definition, as its real powers could range from reversing effects (like heavy armor becoming light as a feather) to reversing the direction of offensive attacks (like a projectile or strike being turned the way it came) to whatever the plot required (rather than some magic glasses that showed the future showing the past, it showed a bizarro "opposite" future where the hero was evil).

* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'''s Hexadecimal had a mirror that was powered by her own viral energy. She used it for communication, spying on the Supercomputer, and when broken it released a web creature into Mainframe.
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': The Royal Castle has one that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor grants wishes]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'': In one "Fractured Fairy Tales" spot, there's a guy who is so determined to be in a fairy tale that at one point buys a dozen mirrors and is frustrated when none of them answer him when he talks to them.
* In ''Animation/TheSnowQueen2012'', Gerda and Kai's father made mirrors like this, and Gerda herself carries one. This is why the Snow Queen is afraid of mirrors; she can't bear to know what she has become.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': A magic mirror, similar to the one in ''Beauty and the Beast'', can show any instance of Gem culture (Gems are [[spoiler:aliens, some of which have settled on Earth]]). That is, until it's seemingly broken. Then it has the power to show anything that the main character, Steven, records. That is, until it breaks completely. [[spoiler: [[WasOnceAMan Then it turns back into a Gem]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ShimmerAndShine'':
** In "My Secret Genies", it's revealed that Shimmer and Shine used one to find out who they'll grant wishes to.
** In "A Tree-mendous Rescue", Shimmer and Shine use one to talk to Princess Samira.
* The 1939 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/TheLoneStrangerAndPorky" has the title hero consulting a magic mirror when he's alerted for trouble (in this case, a masked villain is holding up Porky Pig's stagecoach).
-->'''Lone Stranger:''' Magic mirror on the wall...who needs my help the most of all?
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyKnightAndMe'' magic mirrors are used in place of all video and communication technology, with magic compact mirrors used like cell phones.
* On ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', the Sorceress of Greyskull uses one of these.

* The titular mirror mask from ''Film/MirrorMask'', in part.

* Mirrors can be used for scrying in both of Creator/TamoraPierce's universes, but none of the main characters have a particular affinity for this means of divination.
* In ''Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead'', ''every'' mirror is magical, as every mirror can be used to travel to alternative dimensions, including multiple hells, future and past. You can travel between the mirrors as well, but such ventures are unadvised, as members of various hells would love to [[ImAHumanitarian eat]], [[DemonicPossession replace]] or [[YourSoulIsMine keep]] humans.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** The Mirror of Erised shows you YourHeartsDesire. This can border on LotusEaterMachine in some cases - Harry sees his deceased parents and extended family, and Dumbledore has to warn him not to spend all his nights staring at it.
** There are also linked mirrors that wizards can use as the equivalent of walky-talkies (or, you know, Skyping). Sirius and James used them at school, and Sirius gives one of the set to Harry when [[SadistTeacher Snape]] starts teaching him Occlumency. Not wanting Sirius to get in trouble for his sake, Harry stuffs it away. [[spoiler: This comes back to bite him when he ''does'' urgently need to contact Sirius and forgets the mirror.]]
** Even standard mirrors have a habit of talking back to their users (one tells Harry that attempting to straighten his hair [[MessyHair is a losing battle]]).
* In ''Literature/TheMirrorOfHerDreams'' by Stephen Donaldson, all magic is based on mirrors and all mirrors are magical. Each mirror functions as a window to somewhere, in the same universe or not, and it is possible to transport things in and out of the mirror. Clever use of mirrors can achieve a wide variety of effects.
* In ''Through the Looking Glass'', the sequel to ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', Alice enters another world magically through a mirror.
* Midway through ''Literature/{{Lirael}}'', Lirael finds the Dark Mirror, a handheld portal into the past, used specially for Remembrancers. By walking into Death and reciting the incantation, the user can see into past events. The farther back one wants to look, the farther into Death she must walk.
* The Mirror of Llunet is the [[MacGuffin object of Taran's quest]] in ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain Taran Wanderer]]'', by Lloyd Alexander. Taran wishes to know of his parentage and so seeks this mirror (actually a flat, still, shallow pool) which will show the truth.

* Tom Holt's entertaining but nonsensical novel ''Snow White and the Seven Samurai'' subverts this (as he does practically everything else) by introducing the "Mirrors 3.1" operating system which Snow White's Evil Queen Nemesis uses to pretty much control the whole fairytale world. Sort of. Since it's a parody of a [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows rather well-known OS]], you can imagine it doesn't work quite as well as the box claims.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** When the Fellowship visit Lórien, Galadriel has a mirror that shows things related to the viewer in some way, things that either happened, happen right at the moment or could possibly happen in the future, however it is impossible for even the yielder to predict what will see each individual see. To the Ringbearer and Sam it shows the Shire right at that moment, as well as glimpses to the history of the Ring. The Mirror itself is in the form of water in a [[SilverHasMysticPowers silver]] bowl. In particular, the light of the star Eärendil is also caught in the water of the spring, which Galadriel also uses to fill the crystal vial she later gives to Frodo, so presumably it has mystical properties.

* Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith's Averoigne stories.
** "The Enchantress of Sylaire". The title character has a mirror that reflects reality as it really is, ignoring all illusions and enchantments.
** "The Colossus of Ylourgne". The magician Gaspard du Nord has a mirror that allows him to see distant scenes and places.
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'':
** Many of the godmothers have magic mirrors to help them.
** In ''The Sleeping Beauty'' Fairy Godmother Lily [[spoiler: falls in love with hers]].
* The character, Mirror, in the series ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm''. Doesn't just show you what you want to see, but will take you there it is within his power, and is the guardian of a never ending warehouse of magical items and artifacts.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** Harry makes a point of not having a mirror in his home, as there are apparently a bunch of nasty things out there which can attack through them. For some reason he keeps the rear view mirror in his car, though. And [=McAnally=]'s Pub has 13 mirrors, with no complaints. [[UnreliableNarrator Maybe there's some other reason he doesn't own one?]]
*** Perhaps because his home is a fixed point, under the protection of both a threshold and some very dangerous wards, so anything that wants to attack him needs something like a mirror to get through. In his car or at [=McAnally=]'s, there's no threshold or wards, so they can attack him any old way. Plus, most supernatural monsters aren't all that up on modern technology, so probably haven't really grasped the concept of mirrors in cars, and Mac's is well known as neutral ground (and isn't somewhere you can rely on him to be).
** Harry himself uses a mirror as a key part of a spell in ''Blood Rites''.
* In the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' spin-off ''Horrorland'', mirrors are banned because they are portals to [[spoiler: Panic Park]].

* ''Literature/TheOtherworldSeries'' has Whispering Mirrors, which are used for secure two-way communications between members of the Otherworld Intelligence Agency.
* Zhukov, the BigBad of the VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} novel ''The Corroded Man'', uses reflective surfaces as portals [[PowerAtAPrice at the cost of]] [[BodyHorror his body decaying]]. His ultimate goal is to create one gigantic magic mirror, [[spoiler:through which he can travel in time and change the past.]]
* In Stephanie Burgis's ''[[Literature/KatIncorrigible A Most Improper Magick]]'', her mother's mirror. Kat finds it is a ClingyMacGuffin and she can use it as a portal.
* In Creator/MichaelEnde's ''Literature/TheNightOfWishes'', Beelzebub Preposteror was warned by a magic mirror about the cat seeking shelter actually being a spy.
* In the ''Literature/BlackTrillium'' universe, there exists at least one "Magic Mirror" (In reality an ancient surveillance system built into a bunker under the ice.) The thing is running on the last shreds of reserve power and rambles on about low power levels and failing backup power cells. As a result the sorcerer using it has begun praising "Almighty Bahkup" every time he uses it.

* In ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries'', Snow White possesses one that was created by her mother to enhance her magic. In the final volume, she discovers that its magic comes from [[spoiler:a demon that is trapped within it]].
* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', Strange discovers how to travel magically between mirrors.
* In ''Literature/TheNekropolisArchives'', each of the Darklords owns two magic mirrors which are capable of opening portals between Nekropolis and Earth.
* In ''Literature/TheBalancedSword'', the members of the evil conspiracy communicate using rune-engraved mirrors that can act as magical videophones and also as portals that they can step through to travel to the location of the other mirror.
* In the parodic fairy tale ''Literature/TheDragonHoard'', the sorceress Maligna has one, with the standard feature set: it talks, answers questions like "Who is the fairest of them all?", and can show events occurring distant places.
* In ''Literature/BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast'', the Beast has something like this. It's really more like a very highly polished table, with magic powder that causes it to show images of whatever he or Beauty ask to see.
* In Creator/JohnBellairs' ''The Face in the Frost'' (1969), the wizard Prospero has one. Chapter One: "That was the magic mirror, a competent but somewhat sarcastic mirror in a heavy gilt frame. When the magician was not trying to get something out of it, it was given to tuneless humming and crabby remarks."

* In the ''Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' book ''Secret of the Ninja'', the PlayerCharacter and their best friend Danai can potentially find one in their TimeTravel adventures. [[spoiler: If the Protagonist get near a certain well, they'll see a CuteGhostGirl on the bottom and hear her voice begging them "take me out of the well". Refusing will lead to a BadEnding where the Protagonist falls into the well and drowns, but agreeing will lead them to find an old mirror in its bottom; the CuteGhostGirl, Yayoi, reappears and explains that her soul's bound to the mirror but now she can rest in peace, and tells the protagonist that the mirror will help her. Later, showing the mirror to the BigBad when he's about to attack a {{ninja}} that the leads need to talk to... will cause said BigBad to run away in terror [[ScreamDiscretionShot from whatever he saw on its surface]], and lead to a Good Ending where the two leads can return home.]]

* The sequel series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' introduces the character Piper [=McLean=] who eventually acquires a dagger that once belonged to Helen of Troy called Katoptris, meaning "Looking Glass". True to its name the wide reflective blade can be used to scry remote occurrences. Piper sees a lot of circumstances that are personally horrifying to her because of it, wondering how Helen kept her sanity during her ownership, before sadly concluding that she probably didn't.
* ''Literature/DragonSteel'': A special hand mirror in King Sambar's treasury is the only thing that can differentiate the real treasures from the [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles countless replicas around them]]. Though it only does so if the user activates the spell by saying the words engraved on its back: "Do not deceive."