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| image= [[File:IronBurns.jpg|250px]]<br>An Iron chain burns this demon's hands. |
| image= [[File:IronBurns.jpg|250px]]<br>An Iron chain burns this demon's hands. |
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| manufacturer= Humans |
| manufacturer= Humans |
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| − | | use= Fighting supernatural beings |
+ | | use= *Fighting supernatural beings |
| + | *Protection |
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+ | | powers= *It can harm [[demons]], [[ghosts]], and [[monsters]] |
| − | | appeared= Multiple episodes |
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| − | | location= On Earth |
+ | | location= On [[Earth]] |
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|text = Don't worry. Most creatures I meet can't get it up for iron. It's a common monster problem. |
|text = Don't worry. Most creatures I meet can't get it up for iron. It's a common monster problem. |
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==Creatures that Iron affects== |
==Creatures that Iron affects== |
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*'''[[Acheri]]''' - Contact with iron will force an Acheri to dissolve and temporarily retreat.<ref>''[[All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 1]]''</ref> |
*'''[[Acheri]]''' - Contact with iron will force an Acheri to dissolve and temporarily retreat.<ref>''[[All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 1]]''</ref> |
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| + | *'''[[Demons]] -''' Touching an iron will burn low level demons. |
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| − | *'''[[Demons]]-''' Touching iron will burn a demon, they also can't cross iron, much like salt. Their weakness to iron is so strong, that even [[Azazel]], one of most powerful demons, who was immune to many other demon weaknesses, was still affected by iron (most likely because it formed a Devil's trap). The only known demons immune to iron are [[Samhain]] and [[Alastair ]](it is unknown if iron is effective on Lilith, Azazel, or the Knights of Hell like [[Abaddon]]). |
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*'''[[Fairies]]''' - All fairies are weakened by iron, although powerful ones like Leprechauns can shrug it off.<ref>''[[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]''</ref> |
*'''[[Fairies]]''' - All fairies are weakened by iron, although powerful ones like Leprechauns can shrug it off.<ref>''[[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]''</ref> |
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| − | *'''[[Ghosts]] - '''Shooting or stabbing a ghost with iron will temporarily make the ghost disappear. Ghosts also can't cross iron |
+ | *'''[[Ghosts]] - '''Shooting or stabbing a ghost with iron will temporarily make the ghost disappear. Ghosts also can't cross iron. Sam and Dean considered cold iron to be the best way to repel vengeful spirits. If a person possessed by a spirit touches something made of pure iron the spirit will be forced out of the [[human]]. |
| − | *'''[[Hellhounds]]-''' |
+ | *'''[[Hellhounds]] -''' Iron can harm them as demonstrated in the episode "[[Abandon All Hope...]]" in which [[Ellen]] and [[Jo]] sacrifice themselves to attempt kill the attacking hellhounds by detonating a propane bomb filled with iron nails and rock salt.<ref>''[[Abandon All Hope...]]''</ref> |
*'''[[Leshi]]''' - The only way to kill a Leshi is to cut off its head with an iron axe.<ref>''[[Fallen Idols]]''</ref> |
*'''[[Leshi]]''' - The only way to kill a Leshi is to cut off its head with an iron axe.<ref>''[[Fallen Idols]]''</ref> |
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*'''[[Phoenix]]''' - Iron burned the Phoenix's skin, and it couldn't touch Iron, or if imprisoned by it, escape.<ref>''[[Frontierland]]''</ref> |
*'''[[Phoenix]]''' - Iron burned the Phoenix's skin, and it couldn't touch Iron, or if imprisoned by it, escape.<ref>''[[Frontierland]]''</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:44, 29 January 2017
| “ | Don't worry. Most creatures I meet can't get it up for iron. It's a common monster problem. | ” |
— Dean to Elias Finch
in Frontierland | ||
Iron is a metallic element that possesses strong supernatural properties, and is thus used by hunters when combating certain supernatural creatures.
Creatures that Iron affects
- Acheri - Contact with iron will force an Acheri to dissolve and temporarily retreat.[1]
- Demons - Touching an iron will burn low level demons.
- Fairies - All fairies are weakened by iron, although powerful ones like Leprechauns can shrug it off.[2]
- Ghosts - Shooting or stabbing a ghost with iron will temporarily make the ghost disappear. Ghosts also can't cross iron. Sam and Dean considered cold iron to be the best way to repel vengeful spirits. If a person possessed by a spirit touches something made of pure iron the spirit will be forced out of the human.
- Hellhounds - Iron can harm them as demonstrated in the episode "Abandon All Hope..." in which Ellen and Jo sacrifice themselves to attempt kill the attacking hellhounds by detonating a propane bomb filled with iron nails and rock salt.[3]
- Leshi - The only way to kill a Leshi is to cut off its head with an iron axe.[4]
- Phoenix - Iron burned the Phoenix's skin, and it couldn't touch Iron, or if imprisoned by it, escape.[5]
- Shtriga - Consecrated Iron bullets are the only known thing that can kill a Shtriga.[6]
- Witches - Although Iron doesn't hurt witches, it blocks their powers, as Dean used it to restrain James Frampton and he was unable to escape from them or astral project.[7] Olivette was also bound by Iron when Crowley captured her for his mother Rowena and was left powerless.
Trivia
- In many cultures and religions, iron is something that keeps evil and/or supernatural forces at bay.