The constellation
D1183 Magic scissors (shears)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Magic utensils and implements · D1170 entry
keeps company
- Magic whip · D1208 entry
- Magic guitar · D1234 entry
- Magic picture · D1266.2 entry
- Magic spike · D1285 entry
- Magic spike causes blindness. Throws such a strong ray of light. (Cf. D1285.) · D1331.2.1 entry
- Magic picture prevents disease. (Cf. D1266.2, D1586.1.) · D1500.2.3 entry
- Magic sword produces wind. (Cf. D1081.) · D1543.4 entry
- Magic sword causes fire and smoke. (Cf. D1081.) · D1566.1.3 entry
- Magic mirror as infallible weapon. (Cf. D1080, D1163.) · D1653.1.8 entry
- Transformation: white rat to white-winged elephant · D411.2.1 entry
cross-ref
- Magic shears produce love. (Cf. D1183.) · D1355.15 entry
- Self-cutting shears. (Cf. D1183.) · D1601.12 entry
Thompson cites
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter IV