Magic door (gate) — Mythoi

Motif

Magic door (gate).

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic buildings and parts. · view the constellation · filed as D1146

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Jewish *Neuman
general N. Am. Indian (Shasta): Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 216 No. 6.

Within the index

Filed under Magic buildings and parts.

1 finer motif beneath it

Filed beside it

Magic castle Magic palace Magic house Magic church (temple) Magic fort Magic tent Magic room Magic stairs Magic windows Magic hearth Magic tomb Magic buildings and parts – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic gate swallows axes trying to force it open. (Cf. D1146.) Magic door catches bear so that he is burned to death. (Cf. D1146.) Magic door holds person fast. (Cf. D1146.) Door (lock) magically opens (for saint). (Cf. D1146, D1164.) Self-opening door. (Cf. D1146.) Door will open only for hero. (Cf. D1146.) Door stuck by witchcraft so that it cannot be opened. (Cf. D1146.) Continually slamming doors grateful for being fastened. (Cf. D1146.)

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