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Prevuius group

Group No. 83


Letter

F. Marvels

Group No.

F800 – F899

Group name

Extraordinary rocks and stones

Description

F809.4. Bleeding rock. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F809.6. Stones of fire. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F809.6.2. Mysterious characters engraved upon rock of fire. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F809.7. Transparent stone. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F809.9. Stones can be rolled up like a scroll. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F811.1.1. Golden tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Fb ”guldskov“ I 515a, ”guldtyr“ I 515b; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer IV 128.
 
F811.3.3. Crimson tree. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F811.7.2.1. Temple cedars bear fruit. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F811.13. Tree blooms and grows ripe fruit nightly. (Cf. F815.1, F971.7.) Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207b n. 2; Jewish: Neuman.
 
F811.21. Marvelous tree (trees) of extraordinary age. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 870.
 
F811.24. Man-eating tree. (Cf. G10.) Jewish: Neuman.
 
F812.6. Special flavor of wood from certain forest. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F812.7. Boards of wood from certain forest endure forever. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F812.8. Wood which cannot be consumed by fire. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F813.0.3. Extraordinarily large fruit. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F813.0.4. Fruits always sweet. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F813.1.1. Golden apple. Type 502; BP III 111; *Cox Cinderella 494; *Fb ”æble“ III 1135b, ”guldæble“ I 515b, 516a, ”træ“ III 867a, ”frugttræ“ I 376b. – Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 364f.; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10; Missouri French: Carrière; Icelandic: Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 400 n. 1, Fox 87; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
F813.2. Extraordinary grapes. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F813.7.1. Fig magically preserved. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F813.7.2. Fig from paradise. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F813.8.1. Golden pomegranates. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F813.8.2. Giant pomegranate rind holds 13 men. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F814. Extraordinary flower. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
F815. Extraordinary plants. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F815.1. Vegetables (plants) which mature in miraculously short time. (Cf. F811.13.) Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 35.
 
F815.5. Extraordinary seed. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 40.
 
F815.6. Prolific grain. Produces enormously. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F815.7.1. Extraordinary vine bears 926 varieties of fruit. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F815.7.2. Gigantic vine. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F817.2. Grass grows anew every night. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F817.3. Herbs serve as perfume. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F817.4. Grass covered with gold dust. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F821.2.1. Coat so light it can be concealed in closed palms of hand. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F821.7. Clothes of light (worn by Adam and Eve). Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F821.9. Garments grow with man wearing them. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F821.10. Garments emitting aromatic perfume. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F821.11. Clothes remain ever new. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F823.1. Golden shoes. *Type 510; *Cox Cinderella 506; *Fb ”guldsko“ I 515a; Jewish: Neuman.
 
F824. Extraordinary armor. (Cf. F839.2.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
F826.4. Sapphire so large two tables of law hewn out of it. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F827.6. Extraordinary bracelets. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F828. Extraordinary crown. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F828.1. Jeweled crown suspended in air over king’s head. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F828.2. Crown of fire. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F833. Extraordinary sword. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
F833.4. Fiery sword. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
F833.10. Sword with God‘s name engraved upon it. (Cf. D1766.7.2.) Jewish: Neuman.
 
F833.11. Miraculous sword of Angel of Death. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F834.1.1. Spear of fire (thrown by God). Jewish: Neuman.
 
F848.4. Ladder of fire. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F852. Extraordinary coffin. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F855.3. Gold (silver) statue of animal. Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg.
 
F855.3.3. Golden dove. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F855.4. Image takes thousand men to carry it. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F861.3. Wagon of jewels. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 4; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F861.4.4. Chariots of fire. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F863.2. Chains of fire. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F866.4. Cup made of skulls. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
F872.5.1. Bath of fire. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F872.7. Bath of balsam. (Cf. F162.2.5.) Jewish: Neuman.
 
F873.2. Enormous army camp. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F881.2. Vessel of human bones. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F882.2. Multicolored fires. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F883.1.2. Book written with black fire on white fire (in God’s lap). Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F883.1.3. Words of Decalogue legible on both sides. Jewish: Neuman.
 
F883.1.4. Books unscathed by water and fire. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F883.1.5. Book made of sapphires. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F883.1.6. Heavenly books. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
F899.3. Enormous cage. Jewish: *Neuman.

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