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Group No. 59


Letter

D. Magic

Group No.

D900 – D1299

Group name

Kinds of magic objects

Description

D901. Magic cloud. *Chauvin V 230; Fb “sky”; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D905. Magic storm. *Fb “storm” III 595b, 596a, “skål” III 352b, “vand” III 1001b; *Penzer IV 213; Morgan MPh. VI 331; Nitze MPh. VII 145. – Babylonian: Spence 77; Irish myth: *Cross; MacCulloch Celtic 44; Welsh: ibid. 191; Icelandic: *Boberg, Middle English: Wells 65 (Ywain and Gawain); Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1269; Korean: Zong in-Sob 170f.
 
D906. Magic wind. *Fb “wind”, “vindknude”; Frazer Golden Bough I 119ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lappish: Holmberg Lappalaisten uskonto 75; Estonian: Eisen Estnische Mythologie 100; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Graham; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 344.
 
D908. Magic darkness. *Fb “tåge” III 945a; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Homer Iliad III 382, V 23, Odyssey XXIII 372; Jewish: *Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda.
 
D910. Magic body of Water. *A. Hertel Verzauberte Oertlichkeiten (Hannover 1908). – Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D911. Magic sea. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “tonneau”; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 82.
 
D915. Magic river. Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “rivière”; Jewish: *Neuman; Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 416; Hottentot: Bleek 75 No. 36; Zulu: Callaway 90.
 
D921. Magic lake (pond). *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 107ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 137 (lake of gems).
 
D925. Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.) *Dh II 154; *Wünsche Die Sagen vom Lebensbaum und Lebenswasser (Leipzig, 1905); *Hopkins JAOS XXVI 1 – 67, 411 – 413; *Fb “ungdom” III 979b; Penzer IV 145; *Patch PMLA XXXIII 670 n. 67. – Irish myth: *Cross, Plummer cl – clii, clxxii; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “fontaine”; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10 – 12; Tirol: Zingerle 588; Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50a.; Lat. American: Alexander Lat. Am. 20 n. 6, 349.
 
D925.1. Fountain magically made. Irish: Plummer cl, Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Exempla 225 No. 206.
 
D926. Magic well. (Cf. D925, D927.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 54. – Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 106f.; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 189.
 
D926.1. Well produced by magic. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D927. Magic spring. (Cf. D925, D926.) *Fb “blind” IV 45b; *Herbert III 238; *Oesterley No 253; Child I 192. – Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D927.1. Spring made by magic. P. Saintyves Le Miracle de l’apparition des eaux (Revue de l‘Université de Bruxelles 1912, 265 – 94). – Germanic: De la Saussaye 254 (Balder); French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Jewish *Neuman.
 
D931. Magic rock (stone). *Type 593, 870A; Köhler-Bolte I 114, 572; *Fb “sten” III 553a, 554a, “ønske” III 1178b; Hartland Science 242; *Penzer III 161 n. 1, 162 n., V 177; Reinhart PMLA XXXVIII 458 n. 108. – Greek: Fox 111, 137, (modern): Hahn No. 34; German: Grimm No. 163; Irish: Plummer clv – clvii, *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner 309 No. 9; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Graham, Werner 383. – Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 118; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 15; Southern Paiute: Lowie JAFL XXXVII 143f. No. 15. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 366, (Kaffir): Theal 36, 161, (Angola): Chatelain 47 (version B), (Zulu): Callaway 143, (Fang): Trilles Légendes 140, Einstein 99.
 
D931.1.2. Magic ashes. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Mitford 180ff.
 
D931.2. Magic pebble. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D935. Magic earth (soil). *Fb “muld” II 619. – Irish: Plummer clxxx, *Cross; O’Suilleabhain 92, Beal XXI 329; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer III 227f.; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 161f.
 
D941. Magic forest. Saintyves Perrault 65; Wimberly 124. – Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer VIII 222 n. 2.
 
D950.9. Magic olive tree. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D950.16. Magic nut tree. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D950.17. Magic laurel tree. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D950.18. Magic cedar tree. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D950.19. Magic palm tree. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D955. Magic leaf. Type 612; *BP I 128; *Fb “blad” IV 44a. – Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 8, Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ibo, Nigeria): Basden 280, (Ekoi): Talbot 115, 188, (Zulu): Callaway 191.
 
D956. Magic stick of wood. BP II 527; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D962. Magic vineyard. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D964. Magic bush. (Cf. D960, D965.) Basile Pentamerone IV 6; Irish: O’Suilleabhain 74, Beal XXI 326; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D965. Magic plant. *BP I 128; Fb “blad” IV 44a, “vild” III 1052b; *Chauvin II 193 No. 12, V 14 No. 9; VI 73f. No. 239. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “herbe”; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 312 n. 2, Fox 263; Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 158, 160, 178; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer; Chinese: Werner 299.
 
D965.1. Danmark (Danske Studier 1930 63ff., 186); *Fb “alrunerot” IV 10a; *Frazer Old Testament II 372ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 311 s.v. “Alraun”. – Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D965.8. Magic corn. (Cf. D973.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D965.12. Magic grass. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Graham.
 
D965.19. Magic myrtle. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D967. Magic roots. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Baholoholo): Einstein 233.
 
D971. Magic seed. Danish: Fb “frø” I 378b; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer VI 62ff; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 36f.; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 178.
 
D973. Magic grains. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D973.2. Magic barley. (Cf. D965.15.) Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer VI 55 n. 2.

D975. Magic flower. *Basset 1001 Contes I 143; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 108; Japanese: Ikeda.
 
D981. Magic fruit. *Type 566; *Aarne MSFO XXV 122; Fb “næse” II 716b; *Penzer VI 216; *Basset 1001 Contes I 143; *Chauvin VI 74 No. 239. – Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Tawney I 259f., 310n., 382, II 142n., 198n., 596n.; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 105; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesian: DeVries’s list No. 195.
 
D981.1. Magic apple. *Types 400, 500, 590, 708, 709; *Aarne MSFO XXV 121; *BP I 463, 482, III 97; *Köhler-Bolte I 118, 143; *Fb “guldæble” I 516a, “æble” III 1135f, “ønske” III 1178b; *Chauvin VI 74 No. 239, 133 No. 286. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 280, *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “cornes”, “pomme”; English: Child I 364; Jewish: Neuman; Arabian: Burton Nights S IV 434ff.
 
D981.5. Magic fig. (Cf. D1375.1.1.5.) Aarne MSFO XXV 121. – Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56, 116 Nos. 408*A, 970; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer I 27.
 
D981.8. Magic grape. (Cf. D1375.1.1.8.) Aarne MSFO XXV 121; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D981.12. Magic pomegranate. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D983.4. Magic garlic. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D985. Magic nut. Cox Cinderella Nos. 6, 72, 76, 88 and passim; Fb “nød” II 719a. – Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “noix”; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 53 No. 400 B*; Italian: Basile introduction; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D991. Magic hair. *Fb “guld” I 512a, “hår” I 771ab, “styrke” III 630a; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1274; Köhler-Bolte I 126, 573; *Penzer VIII 59 n. 3; MacCulloch Childhood 211; Chauvin V 230 No. 130; *Wesselski Märchen 196; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 150. – Irish myth: Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No. 508A*; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 117 n. 3, Fox 69, 77; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. – N. A. Indian (Mohegan): Speck JAFL XVI 106; (Micmac): Rand 356, 369 Nos 67, 71, Leland 83, (Skidi Pawnee): Dorsey MAFLS VII 102, 113 Nos. 28, 31, (Wichita): Dorsey CI XXI No. 19, (Modoc): Curtin Myths of the Modocs (Boston 1912) 32, 46, (Ojibwa): Radin GSCan II 51; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 97; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 131.
 
D992. Magic head. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 105; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “tête”; Jewish: Neuman.

D992.1. Magic horns (grow on person‘s forehead). (Cf. D1011.1.) *Type 566; Penzer III 187. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; bin Gorion Born Judas@2 IV 122; N. A. Indian (Mohegan): Speck JAFL XVII 184.
 
D992.3. Magic face. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D992.5. Magic tongue. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D993. Magic eye. See references to D2071. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D996. Magic hand. *Penzer III 150; *Baker AA o.s. I 51ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D996.1. Magic finger. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.

D1001. Magic spittle. *Type 313; *BP II 527 n. 1; *Fb “spytte” III 514b, 515a; Penzer VIII 59 n. 3. – Irish: Plummer clxxxiii, *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Dixon 59; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 329 n. 190, 331 n. 196a; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 64, 234, (Upoto): Einstein 125; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 263 No. 67.
 
D1003. Magic blood – human. *Fb “blod” IV 46 – 48; *BP II 527 n. 1; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. “Blut”. – Irish: Plummer cl, clxxxi, *Cross; English: Child I 172, II 39b; Italian: Basile II 5, III 9, Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Thespis 296; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 98.
 
D1003.2. Magic blood of circumcision. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1003.3. Magic blood of unborn child. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1004. Magic tears. Hartland Science 238. – Irish: Plummer cl, *Cross; Norse: De la Saussaye 277; Jewish: *Neuman; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 329 n. 190b.
 
D1005. Magic breath. Irish: Plummer clxxii, *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1007. Magic bone (human). (Cf. D1013.) Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1010. Magic bodily members – animal. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D1011.0.3. Magic serpent head. Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 33.
 
D1011.1. Magic animal horn. (Cf. D992.1.) Cross MPh X 289; Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Fox 93; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 160 No. 23, 242 No. 35, (Kaffir): Theal 169f; N. A. Indian (Micmac): Rand 196 No. 25.
 
D1011.4. Magic tooth of animal. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1011.6. Magic tongue of animal. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1015.1.5. Magic fox heart. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1015.5.1. Magic stomach of hare. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1016. Magic blood of animal. Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 187.
 
D1018. Magic milk of animal. *Köhler-Bolte I 468; Dh II 154. – Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 70.
 
D1022. Magic wings. Aarne MSFO XXV 176; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1024. Magic egg. Irish myth: Cross (D1019); Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “oeuf”; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 104f., 151; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 269 No. 81, 277 No. 89.
 
D1025.8. Magic sheepskin. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1029.2. Magic tail of animal. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1029.2.3. Magic snake tail. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1029.5. Magic spittle of animal. (Cf. D1001.) Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1030.1. Food supplied by magic. Most of the references in D1030 also belong here. *Types 563, 564. – Irish: *Cross, O’Suilleabhain 38, Beal XXI 314; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 192; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “repas”; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Dixon 238 n. 51; Jamaican: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 248 No. 25; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 248; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 44, 88.
 
D1031.0.1. Manna. Food from skies in basket each morning. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Maidu): Dixon BAM XVII 39ff. No. 1.
 
D1031.1. Magic bread. *Type 310C*; *Fb “brød” IV 74b. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “pain”; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 60 No. 438*; Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian: Gilgamesch-Epos XI 220ff., cf. p. 141ff.
 
D1031.2.2. Magic cake of figs. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D1037. Magic honey. Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 337; Gaster Thespis 364; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Keith 158.
 
D1039.2. Magic salt. Jewish: Neuman; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 282 No.
 
D1043. Milk as magic drink. Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 30; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Keith 134.
 
D1046. Magic wine. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D1052. Magic garment (robe, tunic). *Fb “ønske” III 1178b. – Irish. Plummer clxxx, clxxxi, *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “robe”; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 165; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth *491, 499f.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 303 n. 109i.
 
D1057.1. Magic girdle. Herbert III 207; Oesterley No. 10. – Middle English: Wells 55 (Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight), 85 (Sowdone of Babylone); Irish: Plummer clxxxi, *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Werner 218; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/152, 221, z-G. 3/1146, 1301.).
 
D1070. Magic ornaments. Tawney I 300, II 150; De Cock Studien 156; Encyc. Rel. Ethics III 392 – 472. – Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1071. Magic jewel (jewels). **J. Evans Magic Jewels of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Oxford, 1922); **G. F. Kunz The Magic of Jewels and Charms (Philadelphia, 1915); **R. Grötzinger Das Geheimnis der Amulette und Talismane (Leipzig, 1919); **R. H. Laarsz Talismanische Magie (Leipzig, 1920); **E. A. W. Budge Amulets and Superstitions (Oxford, 1930); *Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 374; *Penzer III 167, VIII 172ff., 195 n. 1; *Chauvin V 4, 293 No. 443; *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 434 n. 32. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Ferguson 149, Eberhard FFC CXX 25, 67, 105.
 
D1076. Magic ring. *Types 400, 554*, 560, 665; *Aarne MSFO XXV 43; *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 214; *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 439f. nn. 49 – 58; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XX 66; Köhler-Bolte I 110f., 308ff.; *Fb “ring” III 60ab, “ønske” III 1178b; **A. Stern Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde XXX 106; *Chauvin V 229 No. 130, VI 108 Nos. 272, 273; Penzer I 26, VI 73; Bédier Fabliaux 442; Herbert III 207; *Oesterley No. 10. – Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 172, *Cross; English: Wells (King Horn) 9, 11 (Horne Childe and Maiden Rimnild), 65 (Ywain and Gawain), Child I 189f.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Breton: *Sébillot Incidents s.v. “bague”; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Arabian: Burton Nights VI 243, VII 283, X 1 – 54, S III 51, 72, 136ff., S V 245; Chinese: Werner 331, Eberhard FFC CXX 67; Sumatran: Dixon 163; Africa (Wakweli): Bender 106.
 
D1079.2. Magic diadem. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1079.3. Magic ornamental breastplate. (Cf. D1101.3.) Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1080. Magic weapons. Irish: *Cross, Plummer clxxxv; Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Wells 132 (Sir Launfal); Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Keith 152; Chinese: Werner 161.
 
D1081. Magic sword. **Burton Sword; *Types 328, 611, 665; *Fb “sværd” III 690ab; *MacCulloch Childhood 202; *Chauvin VI 66 No. 233; Gaster FL II 57; Penzer I 109 n. 1, IV 235f., VI 28 n. 2, 72 n. 1, VIII 154 n. 2. – Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 191, 197f.; Irish: O’Suilleabhain 63, Beal XXI 324, Plummer clxxxv, *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala runes 12, 36, 39; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “épée”; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No. 508*; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 197; English: Wells 115 (Sir Eglamour of Artois); Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 63 n. 4; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Arabian: Burton Nights IV 176, VI 221f., 230, VII 41, 44, S VI 221f., 426, S VII 257; IndoChinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 303; Chinese: Werner 121, 236; Korean: Zong in-Sob 59; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 354; S. A. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 132.
 
D1083. Magic knife. *Type 576**, 576******. – Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 68, Rasmussen I 230; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 127, 211.
 
D1086. Magic lance. *Gaster FL II 57; Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 202; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1092. Magic arrow. *Chauvin V 230 No. 130; Köhler-Bolte I 554. – Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “flèches”; Greek: Pauly-Wissowa s.v. “Anaphe”, Fox 84, 131; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Tawney I 166, 358, 438; Chinese: Werner 182, 312; Chinese-Persian: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 185; Hawaii: Dixon 75; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 315 n. 145a, 333 n. 203, 356 n. 287b, (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 318 No. 58, 514 No. 109, (Cree, Menominee): Skinner JAFL XXVII 98; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 37, Rink 316; S. A. Indian (Jibaro, Eastern Equador): Boas JAFL XXXII 446 (from Karsten Myths of the Jibaros), (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 99, 132, (Toba): ibid. 77; Africa (Fang): Einstein 71, (Vai): Ellis 191 No. 8; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 277 No. 89.
 
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.
 
D1101.5. Magic scabbard. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
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.
 
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.
 
D1146. Magic door (gate). Jewish: *Neuman; N. A. Indian (Shasta): Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 216 No. 6.
 
D1148. Magic tomb. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1149.2. Magic tower. Jewish: Neuman.
 
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.
 
D1154.1. Magic bed. German: Grimm No. 4; Irish: O’Suilleabhain 57; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1162.1. Magic lamp. *Types 561, 301C*; *BP II 544ff. – Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45.
 
D1166. Magic altar. Jewish: Neuman.
 
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.
 
D1171.6. 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.
 
D1171.6.4. Magic chalice. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1176. Magic key. Fb “nøgle”; Irish: O’Suilleabhain 27, 29, Beal XXI 309; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 221.
 
D1181. Magic needle. *Type 585; Fb “synål”; Köhler-Bolte I 187. – Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “aiguille”; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1184. Magic thread. Köhler-Bolte I 187; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 152.
 
D1206. Magic axe. *Fb “styrke” III 630a, “redskab” III 30a, “økse” III 1171b. – Icelandic: Bósa Saga 58; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1055; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 107; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 468.
 
D1207. Magic wheel. *Fb “hjul”; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1209.4. Magic hammer. Type 308*; Jewish: Neuman; Korean: Zong in-Sob 144.
 
D1213. Magic bell. Fb “kirkeklokke”; *Thompson CColl II 348, 358, 363. – Irish: Plummer clxxvi – clxxvii, *Cross, Beal XXI 328, O’Suilleabhain 88; English: Child I 173, 231, III 235, 244, 519f.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “cloche”; Jewish: *Neuman; Thompson River: Teit JAFL XXIX 320 No. 11.
 
D1221. Magic trumpet. *Aarne MSFO XXV 117; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 62.
 
D1231. Magic harp. Hertz Spielmannsbuch 71, 363; *Fb “harpe” IV 201b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Child V 482 s.v. “harp”; Greek: Grote I 214; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1233. Magic violin (fiddle). *Types 559, 577, 592, 851, 853; Fb “fiol” I 293b, “spille” III 488a; Basset RTP XXVI 266; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “violon”; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer III 187 n. 3; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 280 No. 91; Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 97, 100 No. 18.
 
D1242.1. Magic water. (Note: here are included all references to magic water, whether as a remedy or as another type of magic agent). *Types 590, 613; *Christiansen FFC XXIV 79; *Chauvin VI 202; *Fb “vand”, “livets vand”; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 34, 328; Köhler-Bolte I 118, 143; Morgan MPh. VI 331; Nitze MPh. VII 145; *MacCulloch Childhood 67ff. – Irish: Plummer cl, clxxviii, clxxx, *Cross, O’Suilleabhain 69, Beal XXI 325; Icelandic: Göngu Hrolfs Saga 309, Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 178; Arabian: Burton Nights S VI 213; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 28, III 227f., VI 5, 8, 62; Chinese: Werner 205. – N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 354 n. 279; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 47.
D1242.4. Magic oil. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D1254. Magic staff. (Cf. D1277.) *Fb “kjæp” II 150 – 151, “stav” III 541b. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 84, 111, *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 302 No. 6; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas@2 III 19, *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 22ff., IX 68f.; Chinese: Graham; Hawaii: Dixon 90; Marquesas: Handy 134; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 145, (Upoto): Einstein 142f., (Bakuba): ibid. 100.
 
D1254.2. Magic rod. (Cf. D1254.1.) Fb “pilegren”; Krappe MLN LVIII (1943) 515ff. – Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer I 22ff.; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 87, 107; Hawaii: *Beckwith Myth 466; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 129, (Zulu): Callaway 307.
 
D1266. Magic book. *Chauvin V 135, 262, 295; Type 611; *Fb “Cyprianus” I 166 – 7, “bog”, “Cyprian” IV 88f.; Hartland Science 199. – Irish: Plummer clxxviii, *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 297 No. 29, 314 No. 102; Norwegian: Christiansen Norske Eventyr 90; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer I 37 n. 2, 129f.
 
D1266.1. Magic writings (gramerye, runes). Child I 28, 48, 362, 391f., II 53ff., 506a; *Hdwb d. Abergl. I 1225; Krappe The Sending (Scandinavian Studies XVII [1943] 297 – 304). – Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 311, O’Suilleabhain 33; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 46f., 295ff., *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1266.2. Magic picture. Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 1282 s.v. “Bild”; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. “Bild”. – Irish: O’Suilleabhain 33; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 139, Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 233f.
statue (doll). Basset RTP XXVI 22 (and following numbers passim). – Irish: Beal XXI 312; Italian Novella: Rotunda (D1295); Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 152; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 494.
 
D1271. Magic fire. *BP I 440; *Hdwb. d. Märchens s. v. “Waberlohe”; Panzer Sigfrid 281 s.v. “Waberlohe”; Fb “ild” II 10a. – Irish: Plummer clxvi, cxxxviii, *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 601, *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “feu”; Jewish: *Neuman; Africa (Fang): Tessman 104.
 
D1272. Magic circle. *Types 810, 815; *Chauvin VII 104 No. 378; *Penzer II 98f., III 201, VI 167 n. 3; Saintyves RTP XXV 113; MacCartney Classical Weekly XXII 175 f.; *Loomis White Magic 100; Harou RTP XXV 294. – Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 237.
 
D1273. Magic formula (charm). *Types 676, 677; DeCock Studien 156; Encyc. Religion and Ethics III 392; *Chauvin V 10 No. 7, 60 No. 19 n. 1; *Grendon JAFL XXII 105ff.; *Ohrt Danmarks Trylleformler, ibid. Trylleord Fremmede og Danske; *Hestesko FFC XIX; *Kittredge Witchcraft 31f., 386ff. nn. 71, 72, 90, 104; *Fb “Læsning” II 502f.; Penzer I 138ff. – Irish: Plummer cl, clxxix, *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “charme”, “blessure”; English: Child I 28, 48, 55, 391f., II 441, 445, 450; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 16; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 84 No. 746; Finnish: Kalevala runes 16, 26; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 288f; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 10; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. – Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 9, 61; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 101, 143, (Kaffir): Theal 41 No. 2, 45 No. 2, 30 No. 1, 125, (Ekoi): Talbot 401, (Yoruba): Ellis 253 No. 4, 271, (Basuto): Jacottet 100 No. 15, (Angola): Chatelain 183ff. No. 22. – Eskimo: Rink 107 No. 3.
 
D1273.0.5. Charm containing name of God. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1273.1. Magic numbers. (Cf. Z71.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1273.1.1. Three as magic number. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. s. v. “Drei”; Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 8f.; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1273.1.3. Seven as magic number. *Fb “syv”; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 9; Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 338.
 
D1273.1.4. Ten as magic number. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1273.1.5. Twelve as magic number. Fb “tolv”; Gaster Thespis 369; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1273.1.6. Thirteen as magic number. Jewish: Neuman; England, U.S.: *Baughman.
 
D1273.3. Bible texts as magic spells. *Kittredge Witchcraft 146, 465 nn. 66, 67, 70; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
D1273.6. Magic alphabet. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1275. Magic song. Fb “synge” III 706b, “Kanariefugle” II 85; Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 424ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 125. – Irish: Plummer clxxix, *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala runes 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 24, 40; Greek: Grote I 242; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 125; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 85, 125, (Angola): Chatelain 110ff. No. 7.
 
D1282.1. Magic knot. *Fb “vindknude”; Penzer II 189 n. 1; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1282.1.2. Magic phylactery. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1291.1.1. Magic sun-ray. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1291.2. Star as magic object. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
D1293.1. Red as magic color. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 6; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Gaster Oldest Stories 69; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D1295. Magic incense. Jewish: Neuman (D1297).

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