The constellation
D1651 Magic object obeys master alone
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
beneath it
- Only master is able to bend bow. (Cf. D1091.) · D1651.1 entry
- Magic cudgel works only for master. (Cf. D1094.) · D1651.2 entry
- Magic cooking-pot obeys only master. (Cf. D1601.10.1, D1171.1.) · D1651.3 entry
- Inexhaustible pitcher stops pouring only at owner's command. (Cf. D1171.4, D1652.) · D1651.4 entry
- Dead beggar's stick will not stay still until back in beggar's service. (Cf. D1254.) · D1651.5 entry
- Oracular image refuses information except to hero. (Cf. D1311.7.) · D1651.6 entry
- Magic musical instrument plays only for owner. (Cf. D1210.) · D1651.7 entry
- Door will open only for hero. (Cf. D1146.) · D1651.8 entry
- Bonds cannot be loosed save by man who tied them · D1651.9 entry
- Apple (or ball) containing man's soul can be split only by man's own sword. (Cf. D981.1.) · D1651.10 entry
- Stolen gun works only for master. (Cf. D838, D1096.1.) · D1651.11 entry
- Box can be opened only by right person. (Cf. D1170.) · D1651.12 entry
- Jewel responds to owner's voice. (Cf. D1070.) · D1651.13 entry
- Magic clock flies only at owner's command · D1651.14 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Magic Mill · ATU 565
- The Biting Doll · ATU 571C