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Motif

Magic mirror.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic furniture. · view the constellation · filed as D1163

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Werner 244, 331
  • Cape Verde Islands Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 111 No. 39
  • Aztec Alexander Lat. Am. 62
  • Africa (Vai) Ellis 200 No. 18, (Fjort): Dennett 60 No. 12, (Angola): Chatelain 43, (Mpongwe): Nassau 15 No. 1.
  • general *Type 709
  • general *BP I 450, 463
  • general *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 202f.
  • general *Chauvin VIII 191 No. 228
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 334
  • general *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 565–577
  • general *Fb "spejl" III 481a
  • general *MacCulloch Childhood 34–37
  • general *Cox Cinderella 483
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 232. – Icelandic: *Boberg
Within the index

Filed under Magic furniture.

Filed beside it
Magic seat Magic table Magic couch Magic carpet Magic throne Magic platform Magic key Magic stove Magic light Magic lock Magic altar Magic quilt
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Mirror answers questions. (Cf. D1163, D1323.1.) Magic mirror causes blindness. (Cf. D1163.) Magic mirror renders invisible. Does so when owner looks into it. (Cf. D1163.) Magic mirror kills enemy soldiers. (Cf. D1163.) Magic wishing mirror. (Cf. D1163.) Magic mirror as infallible weapon. (Cf. D1080, D1163.) Rejuvenation by looking into mirror. (Cf. D1163.) Life token: mirror becomes black (misty). (Cf. D1163.) Magic mirror as chastity index. (Cf. D1163.) Love through sight in magic mirror. (Cf. D1163.)

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