Wicked: For Good – Glinda’s Grimmerie Spell Translation Revealed

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Warning: This article contains major spoilers from Wicked: For Good.

The movie Wicked: For Good featured a surprising scene where the Grimmerie, a magical book, showed a spell to someone besides Elphaba. A fan has now translated the spell. In the first Wicked film, the Wizard and Madame Morrible couldn’t read the language of the spellbook, so they tricked Elphaba into giving wings to the monkeys.

In the musical Wicked: For Good, Elphaba uses the Grimmerie. However, audiences were surprised to learn that after Elphaba gave the spellbook to Glinda and left Oz with Fiyero, the Grimmerie magically came to life when Glinda touched it.

The book, the Grimmerie, uses a made-up language, meaning fans weren’t expected to understand the symbols. However, a user on X, @magnifcntlygay, cracked the code! They noticed a spell from the book appeared on a *Wickedthemed popcorn bucket sold at AMC theaters, allowing them to decipher the symbols.

A fan discovered Glinda’s final spell from the movie Wicked: For Good by using a translation tool hidden on the official Wicked film website.

The spell stretched across two pages of the Grimmerie. One page contained the words, “Heal, mend, sinew and skin. Heal, mend and hasten. Feed the wound, cover the bone. Heal, mend and revive. True magic will soothe pain and fear.”

Turning the page, I came across this incredible, almost incantatory verse. It read like a spell itself, and I felt a real sense of peace just reading it. It basically said, ‘Let healing begin. If nature allows, let comfort flow through me, let my power mend this wound with skill, bringing quick relief and banishing fear and pain.’ It was beautifully poetic and felt very powerful.

Glinda’s magic focuses on relieving pain. While we now know the secret behind that, it’s still a mystery why the Grimmerie reacted. Was it because Glinda might have magical abilities now, or did Elphaba use her powers, even from the desert, to make the book open to those specific pages?

Director Jon M. Chu purposefully left that moment open-ended for fans to interpret.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the actresses playing Glinda and Elphaba, both think Glinda now possesses magical abilities. Grande even suggests her character gained these powers through difficult experiences like trauma and loss.

Okay, so in the first Wicked movie, it’s fascinating to see Glinda – though she goes by Galinda at the start – really striving to become a great witch at Shiz University. She’s hoping to learn from the headmistress, Madame Morrible, but something unexpected happens. Elphaba, who’s initially seen as a bit of an outsider, accidentally reveals her incredible magical abilities during a campus incident involving her sister, Nessarose. And honestly, that’s when Morrible’s attention completely shifts to Elphaba – it’s a pivotal moment that sets everything in motion!

Glinda became resentful and angry towards Elphaba when she realized her advantages couldn’t influence Morrible. Only after Elphaba opposed the Wizard and Morrible did Glinda side with them, becoming a public figure for their cause.

Throughout the musical Wicked, Glinda and Elphaba’s difficult connection continued to worsen. As Elphaba’s magical abilities increased, the Grimmerie remained an important element of the story. Elphaba began to feel she no longer needed the book and believed Glinda could fulfill her vision of restoring Oz to its former glory.

Whatever the reason behind Glinda’s surprising actions at the end of Wicked: For Good, the spell suggests she’s working through difficult emotions and healing after the events of the movies, particularly now that she’s lost her close friend, Elphaba.

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2025-11-27 01:22