μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic cudgel (club).

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

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“The practical effect of this worship is seen in the following examples taken from the Chinese list of one hundred and twenty-nine lucky and unlucky stars, which, with the sixty cycle-stars and the twenty-eight constellations, besides a vast multitude of others, make up the celestial galaxy worshipped by China's millions: the Orphan Star enables a woman to become a man; the Star of Pleasure decides on betrothals, binding the feet of…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter V · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 14references

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.

  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 49 No. 330
  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 9
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • ChineseWerner 196 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter V
  • TongaGifford 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
  • JamaicaBeckwith 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 swordMagic saberMagic knifeMagic spear. (Cf. D1086.)Magic javelinMagic lanceMagic slingMagic bowMagic arrowMagic missileMagic hammer (Mjölnir)Magic firearmsMagic battle-axeMagic armorMagic trident
Travels with
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 deitiesOrigin of constellationsOrigin of particular starsBird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feetBird announces time for sunrise and sunsetHelpful magpieAnimals serve as bridge across streamGiant serpentTabu: looking at supernatural wife nakedTransformation: man to smokeTransformation: pill to white rabbitMagic cake

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