The constellation
D1001 Magic spittle
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- Magic excrements · D1002 entry
- Magic tears · D1004 entry
- Magic ornament provides treasure · D1456 entry
- Magic building provides treasure · D1457 entry
- Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically · G311 entry
- Quest assigned because of feigned dream · H1212.1 entry
- Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire · H1511 entry
- The false bridegroom (substitute bridegroom). Takes the place of the true bridegroom · K1915 entry
- Tree-pulling contest · K46 entry
- Escape by shamming death: blood and brains. The trickster covers himself with paint (or the like) so that he will be thought to have bled to death (or with milk so that it will be thought that his brains have been knocked out) · K522.1 entry
cross-ref
- Magic spittle of animal. (Cf. D1001.) · D1029.5 entry
- Speaking spittle reveals truth. (Cf. D1001.) · D1316.3 entry
- Beautification by use of saint's spittle. (Cf. D1001.) · D1337.1.6 entry
- Saint's spittle protects fugitive from attack. (Cf. D1001.) · D1381.2 entry
- Magic circle of saliva kills dragon. (Cf. D1001, D1272.) · D1402.14 entry
- Treasure from spittle. (Cf. D1454.2, D1001.) · D1454.3 entry
- Magic healing spittle. (Cf. D1001, D1505.2.) · D1500.1.7.2 entry
- Spittle restores sight. (Cf. D1001, D1500.1.8.) · D1505.2 entry
- Spittle restores hearing. (Cf. D1001.) · D1506.1 entry
- Magic spittle causes storm. (Cf. D1001.) · D1541.1.1 entry
- Magic spittle controls rain. Makes rain on everyone but possessor of spittle himself. (Cf. D1001.) · D1542.1.2 entry
- Saint's spittle splits rocks. (Cf. D1001.) · D1564.2 entry
- Magic spittle impersonates fugitives. (Cf. D1001.) · D1611.5 entry
- Evil eye averted by spitting. (Cf. D1001, D1776.) · D2071.1.1 entry
- Sea formed from giant's spittle. (Cf. D1001.) · D483 entry
- Resuscitation by spittle. (Cf. D1001.) · E114 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 49