Magic waters and medicines — Mythoi

Motif

Magic waters and medicines.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic waters and medicines. · view the constellation · filed as D1240

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 21: The Golden Calf (John Frederick Helvetius)
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Historical Traditions — Myth 109 109. THE WAR MEDICINE
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LX LX. Between Heaven and Earth

Filed across the traditions

Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "guérison"
Greek Fox 72 (Minos), 112 (Medea and Jason)
Arabian Burton Nights I 124, III 259, V 394, IX 204, S VI 328
Hindu Tawney I 265, 360, 534, 554, II 4ff., 208, 211
Chinese Werner 275ff. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X
Africa (Benga) Nassau 208 No. 33.
general *Types 331, 513, 551, 576****
general *Penzer III 60ff. Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

7 finer motifs beneath it

Magic medicine (= charm) Magic fluid Magic pill Magic salve (ointment) Magic perfume Magic powder Human liver as medicine

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Medicine gives magic sight. (Cf. D1240.) Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.) Magic medicine renders invisible. (Cf. D1240.) Magic healing salve restores severed feet. (Cf. D1240.) Wound healed by water from place wounded man's heel dragged. (Cf. D1240.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Blind god. Hödhr Goddess of mercy Animal as servant to man Animal as domestic servant Helpful tiger Transformation: man to tiger Transformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowers Magic object acquired as reward for religious austerities Magic peach Magic hairpin Magic salve (ointment) Magic peach gives immunity from age. (Cf. D981.2.)

Carried in tale types

The Spirit in the Bottle · ATU 331 1 recorded variant

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