μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "blague"
  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 49 No. 330
  • SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 314f. No. 114, 322 No. 92
  • IndiaThompson-Balys, Penzer I 28. – N. Am. Indian (Ojibwa, Potawatomi): Skinner JAFL XXVII 98.
  • general *Types 330, 563, 564
  • general *Chauvin V 272 No. 154
  • general Fb "ransel" "pose". Icelandic: *Boberg
Within the index

Filed under Magic utensils and implements.

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic bag made from skin of crane (transformed woman)
Filed beside it
Magic vesselMagic dishMagic carving knife. (Cf. D1083.) Magic knife (weapon)Magic boxMagic matchMagic keyMagic spoonMagic needleMagic pinMagic scissors (shears)Magic threadMagic shuttleMagic spindleMagic awlMagic honeMagic purse
Travels with
Sack of gold retains at will any hand thrust in it. (Cf. D1193.)Magic bag full at high tide, empty at ebb tide. (Cf. D1193.)By means of magic bag it is possible to stay as long on the bottom of the sea as one wants. (Cf. D1193.)Magic sack furnishes mannikin who cudgels owner's enemies. (Cf. D1193.)Magic bag shaken against enemies renders them helpless in face of mist or poison. (Cf. D1193.)Magic bag draws person into it. (Cf. D1193.)Sack holds person who puts hand into it. (Cf. D1193.)Magic sack contains soldiers which appear when it is struck. (Cf. D1193.)Inexhaustible bag (sack) furnishes money. (Cf. D1193.)Magic wishing-bag. (Cf. D1193, D1274.1.)Magic bag (sack) supplies food. (Cf. D1193.)Magic bag builds palaces of gold and gems. (Cf. D1193.)Transportation by magic bag. (Cf. D1193.)Magic bag controls storm, mist, darkness, etc. (Cf. D1193.)Magic bag sucks milk from cows. It is commanded by a witch. (Cf. D1193, D2083.3.)Inexhaustible meal sack. (Cf. D1193.)Inexhaustible food bag. (Cf. D1193.)Resuscitation by magic bag. (Cf. D1193.)

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