The constellation
D1278 Ghoulish charm. Charm made from parts of corpse or things associated with corpse
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Miscellaneous magic objects · D1250 entry
beneath it
- Magic churchyard mould · D1278.1 entry
- Sorcerers use marrow of corpses' bones · D1278.2 entry
cross-ref
- Churchyard mould gives clairvoyance. Placed in pocket in order to see witches. (Cf. D1278, G250.) · D1323.8 entry
- Reindeer hose from corpse protect women. (Cf. D1062, D1278.) · D1380.26 entry
- Noose used by suicide as protection from accident. (Cf. D1278.) · D1384.2 entry
- Hangman's noose gives luck in gambling. (Cf. D1278.) · D1407.2 entry
- Fragments of gibbet as cure. (Cf. D1278.) · D1500.1.26 entry
- Ghoulish magic object cures disease. (Cf. D1278.) · D1500.1.6 entry
- Hangman's noose cures scrofula. (Cf. D1278.) · D1502.2.3.1 entry
- Murdered man's head will cause earth to burn up or sea to boil: must be carried about. (Cf. D1278.) · D1549.7 entry
- Exorcism by means of ghoulish charm. (Cf. D1278.) · G271.8 entry