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Group No. 71


Letter

D. Magic

Group No.

D1100 – D1199

Group name

Kinds of magic objects III

Description

D1101. D1101. Magic armor. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Korean: Zong in-Sob 64; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 16.
 
D1101.1. D1101.1. Magic shield. Andrews MPh. IX 27, 32. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No. 508*A; Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin 5.
 
D1101.2. D1101.2. Magic cuirass. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No.
 
D1101.3. D1101.3. Magic breastplate. Irish myth: Cross.
 
D1101.4. D1101.4. Magic helmet. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 47 n. 3.
 
D1101.5. D1101.5. Magic scabbard. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D1101.6. D1101.6. Magic yoke.
 
D1102. D1102. Magic trident. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1110. D1110. Magic conveyances.
 
D1523.2.6. D1523.2.6. Bundle of wood magically acts as riding-horse.
 
D1111. D1111. Magic carriage. *Chauvin V 229 No. 130.
 
D1111.1. D1111.1. Carriage produced by magic. Saintyves Perrault 151ff.;
 
D1112. D1112. Magic cart. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “charette”.
 
D1113. D1113. Magic wagon. *Type 675; *Fb “vogn” III 1078a.
 
D1114. D1114. Magic chariot. *Chauvin V 229; Loomis White Magic 35f.; Jones PMLA XXIII 574; *Fb “guldkaret” I 513b. – Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 115, 119, 213, *Frazer Apollodorus I 38 n. 2; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Keith 108, Penzer IV 3ff., 8ff.
 
D1115. D1115. Magic sleigh. Fb “kane”.
 
D1118. D1118. Magic airships. *BP III 273. – Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14d.
 
D1118.1. D1118.1. Magic air-riding basket. Cox Cinderella 323; N. A. Indian (Atsina): Curtis N. A. Indian V 123.
 
D1121. D1121. Magic boat. (Cf. D1123.) *Barry JAFL XXVIII 195. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Arabian: Burton Nights I 242f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 150; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 154, 300, 417, Holm 43, Rasmussen III 102, 294, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 26, 171, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 500, (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 17, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 41, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 181, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 628; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14a.
 
D1121.0.1. D1121.0.1. Boat made by magic. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “bateau”; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16.
 
D1121.1. D1121.1. Magic hollow-log boat. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 275 n. 14e.
 
D1122. D1122. Magic canoe. (Cf. D1121.) Marquesas: Handy 46; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14e.
 
D1122.1. D1122.1. Canoe made by magic. Polynesian, Melanesian, Indonesian: Dixon 68 nn. *39, *40; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14b; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 192.
 
D1123. D1123. Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.) *Fb “skib” III 242b, 243ab; *Chauvin V 201 No. 117 n. 1; cf. Cox Cinderella 159, 480 n. 11. – Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 192; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “navire”; English: Child IV 376 – 380, V 275f., 484 s.v. “Jonah”; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 30, 39; Greek: Fox 138, *Frazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4.
 
D1124. D1124. Magic oar. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “aviron”; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 153, 157.
 
D1124.1. D1124.1. Magic paddle. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1131. D1131. Magic castle. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “château”; English: Wells 17 (Reinbrun, Gy sone of Warwike); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56 No. 408A*.
 
D1131.1. D1131.1. Castle produced by magic. *Type 554, 560, 561, 675, 512*; *Aarne MSFO XXV 44; *BP II 455ff., 547ff.; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1132. D1132. Magic palace. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56 No. 408*A; English: Wells 145 (Parthenope of Blois); India: Thompson-Balys Tawney I 257.
 
D1132.1. D1132.1. Palace produced by magic. *Chauvin V 63 No. 19. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 183.
 
D1133. D1133. Magic house. *Fb “hus” I 686b. – Irish myth: *Cross.
 
D1133.1. D1133.1. House created by magic. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 349 No. 60, 392 No. 70; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 77.
 
D1133.1.1. D1133.1.1. Magic house made by prayer. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1134. D1134. Magic church (temple).
 
D1134.1. D1134.1. Church produced by magic. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
 
D1136. D1136. Magic fort.
 
D1136.1. D1136.1. Fort produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “fort”.
 
D1138. D1138. Magic tent. *Chauvin VI 135 No. 286 n. 1; Icelandic: Hjálmthèrs Saga ok Ölvis 468; Indonesian: DeVries Volksverhalen II 365, No. 114.
 
D1141. D1141. Magic room.
 
D1141.1. D1141.1. Magic kitchen. Hindu: Tawney II 226.
 
D1144. D1144. Magic stairs. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330.
 
D1145. D1145. Magic windows. Type 329; BP III 366.
 
D1146. D1146. Magic door (gate). Jewish: *Neuman; N. A. Indian (Shasta): Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 216 No. 6.
 
D1146.1. D1146.1. Magic doorstep. Chinese: Graham.
 
D1147. D1147. Magic hearth. Irish myth: Cross.
 
D1148. D1148. Magic tomb. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1149. D1149. Magic buildings and parts – miscellaneous.
 
D1149.1. D1149.1. Store, fully supplied, produced by magic. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
 
D1149.2. D1149.2. Magic tower. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1149.3. D1149.3. Magic house-pillars. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 442.
 
D1150. D1150. Magic furniture. BP II 527.
 
D1151. D1151. Magic seat. *BP II 188. – Icelandic: De la Saussaye 286, Hrólfs saga Kraka ch. 33, *Boberg.
 
D1151.1. D1151.1. Magic bench. *Type 330.
 
D1151.2. D1151.2. Magic chair. *BP II 188; *Chauvin V 229 No. 130. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “chaise”; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 322 No. 92; Greek: Fox 206, Frazer Apollodorus II 152 No. 4; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1153. D1153. Magic table. *Types 563, 564; BP I 346ff.; *Aarne JSFO XXVII 1 – 96 passim, MSFO XXV 118; *Köhler-Bolte I 109; *Chauvin V 272 No. 154. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; English: Wells 32 (Layamon‘s Brut); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 297 No. 28.
 
D1153.1. D1153.1. Magic tablecloth. *Type 569, 851, 853; BP I 464ff.; *Aarne MSFO XXV 118; Penzer I 25f. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “serviette”.
 
D1154. D1154. Magic couch.
 
D1154.1. D1154.1. Magic bed. German: Grimm No. 4; Irish: O’Suilleabhain 57; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1154.1.1. D1154.1.1. Magic bed-legs.
 
D1154.2. D1154.2. Magic sofa. *Chauvin V 230 No. 130.
 
D1154.3. D1154.3. Magic hammock. Africa (Vai): Ellis 200 No. 18.
 
D1154.3.1. D1154.3.1. Magic swing.
 
D1154.3.2. D1154.3.2. Magic palanquin.
 
D1154.4. D1154.4. Magic divan. (Cf. D1310.8.) India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1154.5. D1154.5. Magic pillow. Papua: Ker 109.
 
D1155. D1155. Magic carpet. *Chauvin V 230 No. 130; Fb “luftrejse” II 457a. – Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 111 No. 39; Chinese: Werner 192; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 62.
 
D1156. D1156. Magic throne. Chauvin V 230 No. 130.
 
D1157. D1157. Magic platform. *Chauvin V 230 No. 130.
 
D1158. D1158. Magic key. *Type 531.
 
D1161. D1161. Magic stove. *Fb “ovn” II 774a.
 
D1162. D1162. Magic light. *Types 328, 562; *Thompson CColl II 361ff.; *Fb “lys”; Irish myth: *Cross.
 
D1162.1. D1162.1. Magic lamp. *Types 561, 301C*; *BP II 544ff. – Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45.
 
D1162.2. D1162.2. Magic candle. Type 301C*; Icelandic: Boberg.
 
D1162.2.1. D1162.2.1. Hand-of-glory. Magic candle made of criminal‘s hand. *Kittredge Witchcraft 144f., 463 nn. 50, 55; Penzer III 150; Baker AA old ser. I 51ff.; *Fb “tyvefinger”; *Taylor JAFL XXXI 561. – Irish myth: Cross; England, Ireland, Wales: *Baughman.
 
D1163. D1163. Magic mirror. *Type 709; *BP I 450, 463; *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 202f.; *Chauvin VIII 191 No. 228; Köhler-Bolte I 334; *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 565 – 577; *Fb “spejl” III 481a; *MacCulloch Childhood 34 – 37; *Cox Cinderella 483; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 232. – Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 244, 331; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 111 No. 39; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 62; Africa (Vai): Ellis 200 No. 18, (Fjort): Dennett 60 No. 12, (Angola): Chatelain 43, (Mpongwe): Nassau 15 No. 1.
 
D1164. D1164. Magic lock.
 
D1166. D1166. Magic altar. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1167. D1167. Magic quilt.
 
D1170. D1170. Magic utensils and implements. Penzer IV 248.
 
D1171. D1171. Magic vessel. Fb “tønde” III 934b. – Irish: Plummer clxxxv, *Cross.
 
D1171.1. D1171.1. Magic pot. *Types 565, 591; *Fb “potte” II 866f.; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 26ff; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 107, 272; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 220 No. 33, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 40f. No. 4.
 
D1171.1.1. D1171.1.1. Magic coffee-pot. Fb “tønde” III 934b.
 
D1171.2. D1171.2. Magic cauldron. Brown MPh XIV 385. – Irish: Plummer clxxxvi, *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 95, 101, 110; Hindu: Penzer VII 224f.
 
D1171.3. D1171.3. Magic kettle. *Fb “gryde” I 494b. – Japanese: Mitford 175ff.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 257.
 
D1171.4. D1171.4. Magic pitcher. *Chauvin V 230 No. 130; Penzer V 3 n. 1; Chinese: Graham.
 
D1171.5. D1171.5. Magic can. Fb “kande”.
 
D1171.6. D1171.6. Magic cup. Type 301C*; *Fb “sølvbæger” III 736b, “tønde” III 934b, “ønske” III 1178b, “bæger” IV 83a; *Loomis and Lindsay Magic Horn and Cup in Celtic and Grail Tradition (Romanische Forschungen XLV [1931] 66); *Boberg Des Knaben Wunderhorn-Oldenburgerhornet (Festskrift til L. L. Hammerich [København, 1952] 53). – Irish: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 171; Welsh: ibid. 202f.; Manx: Hartland Science 156f.; Greek: Fox 86; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer I 25.
 
D1171.6.1. D1171.6.1. Magic tankard. Chinese: Werner 382.
 
D1171.6.2. D1171.6.2. Magic goblet (glass). *Fb “tønde” III 934b. – Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 213 n. 2.
 
D1171.6.3. D1171.6.3. Magic drinking horn. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 593, 596, *Boberg.
 
D1171.6.4. D1171.6.4. Magic chalice. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1171.7. D1171.7. Magic vase: *Chauvin V 259 No. 154; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 348.
 
D1171.7.1. D1171.7.1. Magic jar. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 50f.
 
D1171.8. D1171.8. Magic bottle. *Köhler-Bolte II 471; *Fb “flaske” I 309a; Hartland Science 142. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “bouteille”, “flacon”; Chinese: Werner 202.
 
D1171.8.1. D1171.8.1. Magic cruet. Irish myth: Cross.
 
D1171.9. D1171.9. Magic barrel (cask). *Fb “styrke” III 630a, “tønde” III 934b. – Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 297 No. 6.
 
D1171.10. D1171.10. Magic bucket. Chinese: Werner 221, 233.
 
D1171.11. D1171.11. Magic basket. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 192; Chinese: Werner 233; Tonga: Gifford 113.
 
D1171.12. D1171.12. Magic basin. *BP II 40 n. 2.
 
D1171.13. D1171.13. Magic chamber-pot. *BP II 40 n. 2; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 452.
 
D1171.14. D1171.14. Magic tub. Irish myth: Cross.
 
D1171.15. D1171.15. Magic urn. Irish myth: Cross.
 
D1172. D1172. Magic dish. English: Child I 126.
 
D1172.1. D1172.1. Magic plate. *Fb “tønde” III 934b.
 
D1172.2. D1172.2. Magic bowl. Irish myth: Cross.
 
D1173. D1173. Magic carving knife. (Cf. D1083.) Magic knife (weapon). English: Child I 266; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 293 n. 1.
 
D1173.1. D1173.1. Magic razor. Chinese: Werner 366; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45 (version B).
 
D1174. D1174. Magic box. *Type 561; Cox Cinderella 484 n. 19, 489; *Chauvin V 230 No. 130. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “boîte”, “coffre”; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 161; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 67; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian (Micmac, Maliseet): Thompson CColl II 398f.; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 185, (Angola): Chatelain 45.
 
D1174.1. D1174.1. Magic box containing castle. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *320.
 
D1175. D1175. Magic match. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “briquet”.
 
D1175.1. D1175.1. Magic tinder. Fb. “fyrtøj” I 390b. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “amadou”.
 
D1175.2. D1175.2. Magic fire-steel (flint, strike-a-light). *Type 562.
 
D1176. D1176. Magic key. Fb “nøgle”; Irish: O’Suilleabhain 27, 29, Beal XXI 309; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 221.
 
D1177. D1177. Magic spoon.
 
D1181. D1181. Magic needle. *Type 585; Fb “synål”; Köhler-Bolte I 187. – Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “aiguille”; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1182. D1182. Magic pin. *Type 400; *Basset 1001 Contes I 143.
 
D1183. D1183. Magic scissors (shears). Köhler-Bolte I 187; Fb “saks” III 143a. – Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 158; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45 (Version B).
 
D1184. D1184. Magic thread. Köhler-Bolte I 187; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 152.
 
D1184.1. D1184.1. Magic ball of thread. *Köhler-Bolte I 407; Fb “nøgle”.
 
D1184.2. D1184.2. Magic string. Penzer VI 59ff.
 
D1185. D1185. Magic shuttle. *Type 585.
 
D1186. D1186. Magic spindle. *Types 410, 585; Saintyves Perrault 62.
 
D1187. D1187. Magic awl. BP II 527. – Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 267; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “alène”.
 
D1187.1. D1187.1. Magic auger. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Skaldsk. II, Boberg.
 
D1188. D1188. Magic hone. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Skaldsk. II, Boberg.
 
D1192. D1192. Magic purse. *Types 564, 566, 580*; *Aarne MSFO XXV 116; *Fb “pung”, “Fortunatus”. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “bourse”, Hartland Science 174; Arabian: Burton Nights I 215; Hindu: Penzer I 20 n, 25ff.
 
D1193. D1193. Magic bag (sack). *Types 330, 563, 564; *Chauvin V 272 No. 154; Fb “ransel” “pose”. – Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “blague”; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 314f. No. 114, 322 No. 92; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 28. – N. A. Indian (Ojibwa, Potawatomi): Skinner JAFL XXVII 98.
 
D1193.1. D1193.1. Magic bag made from skin of crane (transformed woman). Irish myth: *Cross.
 
D1194. D1194. Magic umbrella. Chinese: Werner 12, 242.
 
D1195. D1195. Magic soap. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 277.
 
D1196. D1196. Magic net. Africa (Benga): Nassau 186 No. 24 version 2.

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