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* From the ''[[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Wheel of Time]]'', one of the Seanchan Empire's cultural differences between the Westland are their use of hand gestures in this fashion, including the horn.
* "The Holy Horns" in ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Small Gods]]'', used as a holy sign for the church of Om, since one of Om's physical manifestations in the past was [[ALoadOfBull a large bull]].

* Fujiwara and Kei do this as a SecretHandshake in the latter's introductory chapter of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar.

* Many of the characters in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' display WardingGestures after being hit with a large blunt object, or after suffering a FaceFault.
** Another work by Rumiko Takahashi, eponymous character ''Manga/InuYasha'' does this when Kagome says "Osuwari" (or "SIT, BOY!" in the dub), which sends him face-first into the ground.
** Yet another work by Creator/RumikoTakahashi, ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'', makes use of this on occasion. Though, since ''Maison Ikkoku'' places far less emphasis on slapstick comedy than Takahashi's other work, this trope is invoked far less often by comparison.

* In ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'', the priestess Melissa occasionally makes WardingGestures in response to shock or surprise.

* Faust in the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series makes WardingGestures after getting hit particularly hard.

* BlueManGroup subverted this by claiming it was actually a tribute to the hairstyle of an influential yet forgotten entertainer named "[[http://youtu.be/qlQ1HPmxYPs Floppy the Banjo Clown]]."

* [[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] has put up with people making hand gestures at him "to ward off mutation" for his entire life.

** Yet another work by Creator/RumikoTakahashi, ''MaisonIkkoku'', makes use of this on occasion. Though, since ''Maison Ikkoku'' places far less emphasis on slapstick comedy than Takahashi's other work, this trope is invoked far less often by comparison.

* Several characters do this in ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', in similar circumstances.

* In ''RuneSoldierLouie'', the priestess Melissa occasionally makes WardingGestures in response to shock or surprise.

** Yet another work by RumikoTakahashi, ''MaisonIkkoku'', makes use of this on occasion. Though, since ''Maison Ikkoku'' places far less emphasis on slapstick comedy than Takahashi's other work, this trope is invoked far less often by comparison.

* In PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians, their Ancient Greek warding-off-evil gesture is a three-fingered claw over the heart, then pushing the hand outward.

* Many of the characters in ''RanmaOneHalf'' display WardingGestures after being hit with a large blunt object, or after suffering a FaceFault.

** Also happens in UruseiYatsura.

* Foxy from ''OnePiece'' does this to shoot his Moron Moro-I mean, Noro Noro Beam. The particular way he does it makes his hands look a bit like a fox's head.
* Slight variant: Yuuta in ''ZombieLoan'' does this with his hands fairly often... and has them talk to each other, but then again, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Yuuta's a bit nuts]].

* In ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'', Serafina makes the ''mano cornuta'' gesture to ward off the Strega and the black goat in her yard.

* This is used by worshippers of Ulric in the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} world as the sign of the wolf. At least in the GotrekAndFelix novels.

* BlueManGroup subverted this by claiming it was actually the a tribute hairstyle of an influential yet forgotten entertainer named "[[http://youtu.be/qlQ1HPmxYPs Floppy the Banjo Clown]]."

* Foxy from ''OnePiece'' does this to shoot his Moron Moro-I mean, Noro Noro Beam.

* In TennesseeWilliams' play ''The Rose Tattoo'', Serafina makes the ''mano cornuta'' gesture to ward off the Strega and the black goat in her yard.

** CiaphasCain ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM''') has a personal gesture he calls "thumbing his palm", which spreads out the other fingers like an eagle's wing.

* In ''{{Tortall}}'', people who fear mages often do the 'sign against evil' when they see magic being done, or hear it mentioned. It's stated [[AllThereInTheManual in the back of one book]] that it's a five pointed star, and the books specify it's made with one's hand. Luckily for them, [[BullyingADragon no mages seem to take offense to this.]]

* The Undead building construction icon in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'' shows a skeleton hand throwing the horns.

* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. Vorenus' daughter does this behind her back while pretending to reconcile with her father, whom she believes is evil.

Not common, but it ''is'' found here and there spread across a few cultural media.

* In ''TheDarkTower'', Roland and other characters occasionally use the ''mano cornuta'' when evil powers are mentioned aloud, which is pretty close to its historical use in RealLife.