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Motif

Magic arrow.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic weapons. · view the constellation · filed as D1092

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“A deliverer was sent to them in the person of Jonayafyin, the son of the old woman who lives in the West, and the second wife of the Sun. She divided her time between the Sun and the Water-fall, and by the latter bore a second son, named Ko- bachischini, who remained with his mother while his brother went forth to battle with the enemies of mankind. In four days Jonayafyin grew to manhood,™ then he asked his mother where the Elk lived.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 43 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
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Scholars’ trail — 15references

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
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "flèches"
  • GreekPauly-Wissowa s. v. "Anaphe", Fox 84, 131
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • HinduTawney I 166, 358, 438
  • ChineseWerner 182, 312
  • Chinese-PersianCoyajee JPASB XXIV 185
  • HawaiiDixon 75
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 315 n. 145a, 333 n. 203, 356 n. 287b, (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 318 No. 58, 514 No. 109, (Cree, Menominee): Skinner JAFL XXVII 98
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Holm 37, Rink 316
  • Africa (Fang)Einstein 71, (Vai): Ellis 191 No. 8
  • JamaicaBeckwith MAFLS XVII 277 No. 89.
  • general *Chauvin V 230 No. 130
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 554. Irish myth: Cross
  • general S. Am. Indian (Jibaro, Eastern Equador): Boas JAFL XXXII 446 (from Karsten Myths of the Jibaros), (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 99, 132, (Toba): ibid. 77
Within the index

Filed under Magic weapons.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Magic arrow makes five woundsMagic quiver
Filed beside it
Magic swordMagic saberMagic knifeMagic spear. (Cf. D1086.)Magic javelinMagic lanceMagic slingMagic bowMagic missileMagic cudgel (club)Magic hammer (Mjölnir)Magic firearmsMagic battle-axeMagic armorMagic trident
Travels with
Island created by shooting arrow. (Cf. D936, D1092.)Divination by magic arrow. (Cf. D1092.)Magic arrow indicates desired place. (Cf. D1092.)Magic arrow locates fish. (Cf. D1092.)Hercules' bow and arrow essential to capture TroyMagic arrows annihilate army. (Cf. D1092.)Magic arrow kills. (Cf. D1092.)Magic arrow summons water-spirit. (Cf. D1092.)Magic arrow pursues victim. (Cf. D1092.)Magic transportation by arrow. (Cf. D1092, D1526.1.)Magic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.)Magic arrow shakes heavens. (Cf. D1092.)Magic arrow sets fire to whatever it hits. (Cf. D1092.)Automatic arrows. (Cf. D1092.)Arrow shot at bull returns to shooter. (Cf. D1092.)Speaking arrow. (Cf. D1092.)Arrows shake when master is disturbed. (Cf. D1092.)Unerring arrow. (Cf. D1092.)Arrow can be moved only by owner. (Cf. D1092.)Invisible arrows. (Cf. D1092.) Visible to one person alone
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-godRoc. A giant bird which carries off men in its clawsHelpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350Grateful animalsHelpful wild beasts – felidaeAnimal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned childBat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basketMagic footwearMagic ballMagic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.)Miraculous speed from magic objectMagic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.)
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