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Magic mantle (cloak).

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“Then he saw a nice dish walk toward the fire all by itself. Txa’msem was scared and astonished to see these things. When the dried salmon was roasted and cut into pieces of the right length, the pieces went into the dish all by themselves. The dish laid itself down in front of Txa’msem, and he thought while he was eating, what strange things he was seeing now. When he had finished, a horn dipper came forward filled with water.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 56 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 11references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 10
  • HinduPenzer I 25ff.
  • JapaneseMitford 185ff.
  • Easter IslandMétraux Ethnology 367
  • general *Types 328, 400, 566
  • general *Chauvin V 230
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 323
  • general *Cross MPh XVI 649
  • general Köhler-Bolte II 409. Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 328, O'Suilleabhain 85
  • general N.A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 339 n. 221a.
Within the index

Filed under Magic clothes.

Filed beside it
Clothes produced by magicMagic clothMagic garment (robe, tunic)Magic trousers (breeches)Magic shirtMagic beltMagic underclothingMagic veilMagic stockingsMagic garterMagic pocketMagic footwearMagic gloveMagic head-wearMagic collarMagic clothes – miscellaneous
Travels with
Cloak warns. (Cf. D1053.)Magic cloak makes person old. (Cf. D1053.)Magic cloak of invisibility. (Cf. D1053.)Magic cloak causes illusion. (Cf. D1053.)Magic garment protects against attack. (Cf. D1052, D1053.)Magic coat protects against attack. (Cf. D1053.)Holy man's cloak burns person up. (Cf. D1053.)When spying follower accidentally touches holy man's cloak he loses his eyesight and falls down senseless. (Cf. D1053.)Magic mantle provides treasure. (Cf. D1053.)Magic wishing-cloak (mantle). (Cf. D1053.)Magic transportation by cloak (cape). (Cf. D1053.)Saint spreads his cloak (or other clothes) upon the water and rides to his desired destination. (Cf. D1053.)Wind carried in mantle. (Cf. D1053.)Speaking cloak. (Cf. D1053.)Mantle ever new. (Cf. D1053.)Cloak (and shirt) fit person of any size. (Cf. D1053, D1056.)Mantle as chastity test. Will not fit unchaste woman. (Cf. D1053.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic rain. (Cf. D910.)Magic head-wearMagic object renders invisibleMagic calabash renders invisible. (Cf. D965.2.)Land of the dead

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