The constellation
D1612 Tell-tale magic objects
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Magic speaking objects · D1610 entry
beneath it
- Magic objects betray fugitive. Give alarm when fugitive escapes · D1612.1 entry
- Magic object compels fugitive to betray himself · D1612.2 entry
- Hiding place speaks and betrays hider · D1612.3 entry
- Magic object tells where it is hidden · D1612.4 entry
- Magic object raises alarm when stolen · D1612.5 entry
- Magic object gives alarm when touched · D1612.6 entry
keeps company
- Lecherous trickster seduces women from tree and loses them · K1387 entry
- Wish for supernatural husband (wife) realized. (Cf. C26.) · C15 entry
- Tabu: digging. (Cf. C522.) · C523 entry
- Magic object answers for fugitive. Left behind to impersonate fugitive and delay pursuit · D1611 entry
- Magic rosebush answers for fugitives. (Cf. D965.3.) · D1611.1 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 50
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 51