The constellation
D1521 Miraculous speed from magic object
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- Seven-league boots. Boots with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1065.1.) · D1521.1 entry
- Ship with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1123, D1520.15.) · D1521.2 entry
- Sleigh as swift as thought. (Cf. D1115.) · D1521.3 entry
- Carriage as swift as thought. (Cf. D1111.) · D1521.4 entry
- Jewel gives miraculous speed. (Cf. D1071.) · D1521.5 entry
keeps company
- Magic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.) · D1526.1 entry
- Magic ball flight. Man throws ball and is carried along with it. (Cf. D1256.) · D1526.2 entry
- Magic journey through power of imagination · D2121.3 entry
- Magic journey by making distance vanish. The road is contracted or the earth folded up · D2121.4 entry
- Magic underground journey · D2131 entry
- Magic air journey · D2135 entry
- Life token. (Cf. E760.) Object (animal, person) has mystic connection with the life of a person, so that changes in the life-token indicate changes in the person, usually disaster or death · E761 entry
- Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god · A284.2 entry
- Helpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350 · B300 entry
- Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws · B31.1 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 43