J.K. Rowling had a pretty fantastic facsimile of this in the Harry Potter series: "The Mirror of Erised is an ancient, ornate mirror. It has clawed feet and a

J.K. Rowling had a pretty fantastic facsimile of this in the Harry Potter series: "The Mirror of Erised is an ancient, ornate mirror. It has clawed feet and a gold frame... The mirror shows the most desperate desire of a person's heart, a vision that has been known to drive men mad." "Men have wasted away before it, not knowing if what they have seen is real, or even possible." —Albus Dumbledore explaining the danger of the mirror to Harry Potter http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Mirror_of_Erised http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Mirror_of_Erised