The constellation
D1783 Reverse magic. Magic results obtained by imitating reverse of desired results
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
- Means of producing magic power · D1760 entry
beneath it
- Magic results of reversing a spell. Formula said backward will sometimes undo the work performed by the formula. (Cf. D1273.) · D1783.1 entry
- Cure for leprosy by drinking from opposite lip of horn from that which caused it. (Cf. D1500.4.1, D1502.4.1.) · D1783.2 entry
- Faster one walks, longer the trail. The slower, the shorter · D1783.3 entry
- Power over monster (wizard, king) obtained by reversing orders. Hero does exact opposite of the command · D1783.4 entry
- Magic turned against the makers, so that they are bewildered and kill themselves · D1783.5 entry
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