μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic cudgel (club).

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic weapons. · view the constellation · filed as D1094

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 9
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Werner 196 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter V
  • Tonga Gifford 178
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 336 n. 214
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 75
  • Africa (Gold Coast) Barker and Sinclair 44 No. 4
  • Jamaica Beckwith MAFLS XVII 248 No. 25.
  • general *Types 563, 534*
  • general BP I 349ff.
  • general *MacCulloch Childhood 214
  • general Aarne MSFO XXVII 1–96
  • general Gaster Thespis 158, Oldest Stories 231
Within the index

Filed under Magic weapons.

Filed beside it
Magic sword Magic saber Magic knife Magic spear. (Cf. D1086.) Magic javelin Magic lance Magic sling Magic bow Magic arrow Magic missile Magic hammer (Mjölnir) Magic firearms Magic battle-axe Magic armor Magic trident
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic club protects ten men. (Cf. D1094.) Magic club (stick) gives victory. (Cf. D1094.) Magic club (stick) beats person. (Cf. D1094.) Stick, become a sword, flies through air to kill ferocious animal-guardians of extraordinary lotus. (Cf. D1094, D1254.) Magic club brings thieves to master. (Cf. D1094.) Magic club flies through air after victim. (Cf. D1094.) Magic food-providing sticks. (Cf. D1094.) Magic transportation by club. (Cf. D1094.) Automatic cudgel. (Cf. D1094.) Magic cudgel works only for master. (Cf. D1094.) Magic club kills and revives. (Cf. D1094.) Recovery of magic object by use of magic cudgel. (Cf. D1094.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Stars as deities Origin of constellations Origin of particular stars Bird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feet Bird announces time for sunrise and sunset Helpful magpie Animals serve as bridge across stream Giant serpent Tabu: looking at supernatural wife naked Transformation: man to smoke Transformation: pill to white rabbit Magic cake

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