Magic medicine (= charm) — Mythoi

Motif

Magic medicine (= charm).

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic waters and medicines. · view the constellation · filed as D1241

Filed across the traditions

Hindu Tawney II 165
India Thompson-Balys
Africa (Benga) Nassau 100, 139, 178, 208 Nos. 7, 15, 24 (version 1), 33, (Ekoi): Talbot 34, 178, 344, 359, (Hottentot): Bleek 55 No. 24, (Zanzibar): Bateman 204 No. 10, (Fang): Nassau 242 No. 9, (Basuto): Jacottet 212 No. 31.

Within the index

Filed under Magic waters and medicines.

Filed beside it

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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Charm (medicine) indicates direction. (Cf. D1241.) Magic medicine (charm) gives strength. (Cf. D1241.) Medicine gives immortality. (Cf. D1241.) Magic medicine makes sterile fertile. (Cf. D1241.) Magic charm renders invisible. (Cf. D1241.) Magic medicine causes loss of memory. (Sprinkled on head.) (Cf. D1241, D1242.) Fetish medicine causes constant hunger. (Cf. D1241.) "Milk-medicine" causes milk to appear in woman's breast. (Cf. D1241.) Magic medicine causes person to stick to seat (pot). (Cf. D1241.) Medicine causes woman to bear twins. (Cf. D1241.) Medicine on feet permits man to walk on water. (Cf. D1241.) Magic medicine causes streams to dry up. (Cf. D1241.) Magic medicine produces wind. (Cf. D1241.) Magic medicine brings success. (Cf. D1241.) Fetish-medicine automatically punishes. (Cf. D1241.) Fetish betrays fugitive. (Cf. D1241.)

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