The constellation
D1285 Magic spike
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
- Miscellaneous magic objects · D1250 entry
beneath it
- Spike produced by magic · D1285.1 entry
keeps company
- 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
- Magic lake (pond) · D921 entry
- Magic peach tree · D950.3 entry
- Resuscitation by magic pill. (Cf. D1243.) · E107 entry
- Soul wanders from body in sleep. Dreams explained as experiences of the soul on these wanderings · E721.1 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter IV