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Magic sword.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic weapons. · view the constellation · filed as D1081

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish O'Suilleabhain 63, Beal XXI 324, Plummer clxxxv, *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Finnish Kalevala runes 12, 36, 39 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XII
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "épée"
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 67 No. 508*
  • Scotch Macdougall and Calder 197
  • English Wells 115 (Sir Eglamour of Artois)
  • Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 63 n. 4 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XIII
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Arabian Burton Nights IV 176, VI 221f., 230, VII 41, 44, S VI 221f., 426, S VII 257
  • Chinese Werner 121, 236
  • Korean Zong in-Sob 59
  • Cape Verde Islands Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 354
  • S. Am. Indian (Mataco) Métraux MAFLS XL 132.
  • general **Burton Sword
  • general *Types 328, 611, 665
  • general *Fb "sværd" III 690ab
  • general *MacCulloch Childhood 202
  • general *Chauvin VI 66 No. 233
  • general Gaster FL II 57
  • general Penzer I 109 n. 1, IV 235f., VI 28 n. 2, 72 n. 1, VIII 154 n. 2. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 191, 197f.
  • general IndoChinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 303
Within the index

Filed under Magic weapons.

1 finer motif beneath it
Sword of magic origin
Filed beside it
Magic saber Magic knife Magic spear. (Cf. D1086.) Magic javelin Magic lance Magic sling Magic bow Magic arrow Magic missile Magic cudgel (club) Magic hammer (Mjölnir) Magic firearms Magic battle-axe Magic armor Magic trident
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Sword turns upon owner when untruth is uttered. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword gives weakness. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword gives invulnerability. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword gives immortality. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword renders invisible. (Cf. D1081.) Sword causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword protects woman from fairy lover in husband's absence. (Cf. D1081, F301.) Sword puts to flight five evil passions. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword conquers enemy. (Cf. D1081, D1601.4.) Magic sword kills man. (Cf. D1081.) Drop of hound's blood from magic spear (lance) pierces owner's foot (head). (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword (rubbed) summons genie. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword cures disease. (Cf. D1081.) Magic transportation by sword. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword gives power of flying. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword carries person through air. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword produces wind. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword cuts stone and fells trees. (Cf. D1081.) Magic sword causes fire and smoke. (Cf. D1081.) Automatic weapon. (Cf. D1081.) Automatic sword. (Cf. D1081, D1400.1.4.) Stick turns into automatic magic sword. (Cf. D1081.) Speaking sword. (Cf. D1081.) Incandescent sword. (Cf. D1081, D1645.8.4.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Transformation: man to wild beast (mammal) Transformation: man to tiger Transformation: man to cuttlefish Transformation: man to serpent (snake). (Cf. B642.1.) Repeated transformation. Transformation into one form after another Magic meat Magic strength-giving food. (Cf. D1030.) Magic song kills person. (Cf. D1275.) Immortality by burning Life token: comb drips blood Protean transformation of water-spirit Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayer
Carried in tale types

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