μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic boat. (Cf. D1123.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic conveyances. · view the constellation · filed as D1121

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Arabian Burton Nights I 242f.
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 150
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 154, 300, 417, Holm 43, Rasmussen III 102, 294, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 26, 171, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 500, (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 17, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 41, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 181, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 628
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14a.
  • general *Barry JAFL XXVIII 195. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Magic conveyances.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Boat made by magic Magic hollow-log boat
Filed beside it
Magic carriage Magic cart Magic wagon Magic chariot Magic sleigh Magic airships Magic canoe. (Cf. D1121.) Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.) Magic oar
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic canoe. (Cf. D1121.) Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.) Magic wishing-boat. (Cf. D1121.) Touching magic boat with exposed child in it cures leprosy. (Cf. D1121.) Self-propelling (ship) boat. (Cf. D1121, D1123, D1520.15.) Leaf serves as boat. (Cf. D955, D1121.)

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