μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10
  • Hindu Penzer I 25ff.
  • Japanese Mitford 185ff.
  • Easter Island Métraux 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 magic Magic cloth Magic garment (robe, tunic) Magic trousers (breeches) Magic shirt Magic belt Magic underclothing Magic veil Magic stockings Magic garter Magic pocket Magic footwear Magic glove Magic head-wear Magic collar Magic clothes – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
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-wear Magic object renders invisible Magic calabash renders invisible. (Cf. D965.2.) Land of the dead

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