Inanimate brooms brought to life due to an enchantment cast by an apprentice of magic. The depiction they came to be known by worldwide was fully created by Disney[1], appearing in the animated movie Fantasia.
If broken, each splinter will turn into a new, complete broom, behaving in the same way as the original.
In Fantasia, the broom uses its bristles to walk around as if they were feet.
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