The constellation
D1791 Magic power by circumambulation. (Cf. G224.8, D1272.)
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Means of producing magic power · D1760 entry
beneath it
cross-ref
- Tabu: doing thing in certain manner. (Cf. C643, D1791.) · C854 entry
- Magic circle · D1272 entry
- Power of prophecy induced by crawling backward around grave. (Cf. D1791.) · D1812.2.1 entry
- Ghost will vanish if seer walks around it nine times. (Cf. D1791, D1273.1.5.) · E439.8 entry
- Fairies made visible when person walks three times around field where cows are grazing at night. (Cf. D1791.) · F235.9 entry
- Person gets witch power by walking twelve times around a church backward at midnight · G224.8 entry