μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • HinduTawney II 165
  • IndiaThompson-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 fluidMagic pillMagic salve (ointment)Magic perfumeMagic powderHuman liver as medicine
Travels with
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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