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Motif

Magic food.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic food. · view the constellation · filed as D1030

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic De la Saussaye 254, Boberg
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Melanesian ibid. 224 n. 28
  • Indonesian ibid. 238 n. 51
  • Java ibid. 209
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 446, Rasmussen I 202
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 335 n. 210.
  • general *Fb "tønde" III 934b, "mad" II 525a, "styrke" III 630a. Irish: Plummer clxxxv, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 57, Béal XXI 322
  • general Arabic: Burton Nights II 212
  • general Philippines: Dixon 221ff.
Within the index
12 finer motifs beneath it
Food supplied by magic. Most of the references in D1030 also belong here Magic banquet Magic food from herbs Magic pastry (bread, cake, etc.) Magic meat Magic cereal (food) Magic vegetable (as food). (Cf. D983.) Magic nuts (as food). (Cf. D985.) Magic dairy products Magic honey Magic sweets Magic food – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Food sticks in thief's throat and betrays him. (Cf. D1030.) Magic strength-giving food. (Cf. D1030.) Magic food gives weakness. (Cf. D1030.) Food of immortality. (Cf. D1030.) Tiny amount of food magically satisfies. (Cf. D1030.) Magic food causes intoxication and sobriety. (Cf. D1030.) Food causes magic forgetfulness. (Cf. D1030.) Magic food causes insanity. (Cf. D1030.) Speaking food. (Cf. D1030.) Inexhaustible food. (Cf. D1030, and in general D1470–D1499.) Food has taste of any dainty desired. (Cf. D1030, D1359.4.) Food and drink appear and disappear in otherworld. (Cf. D1030, D1040.)

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