μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic ball.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Miscellaneous magic objects. · view the constellation · filed as D1256

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“A deliverer was sent to them in the person of Jonayafyin, the son of the old woman who lives in the West, and the second wife of the Sun. She divided her time between the Sun and the Water-fall, and by the latter bore a second son, named Ko- bachischini, who remained with his mother while his brother went forth to battle with the enemies of mankind. In four days Jonayafyin grew to manhood,™ then he asked his mother where the Elk lived.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 43 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
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.

  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "boule"
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 315 n. 145b, Thompson CColl II 331 (Osage).
  • general *Chauvin V 87 No. 27 n. 2, VII 98 No. 375 n. 3. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous magic objects.

Filed beside it
Magic chain (iron)Magic metalMagic staff. (Cf. D1277.)Magic tubeMagic fishhookMagic bridgeMagic cigarMagic grinding-stoneMagic millMagic sphereMagic bookMagic cardMagic statue (doll)Magic fireMagic circleMagic formula (charm)
Travels with
Magic ball indicates road. Rolls ahead. (Cf. D1256.)Magic wishing-ball. (Cf. D1256.)Magic ball flight. Man throws ball and is carried along with it. (Cf. D1256.)Speaking muirlan (ball). (Cf. D1256.)Speaking ball of thread. (Cf. D1256.)Muirlan (ball) removes itself. (Cf. D1256.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-godRoc. A giant bird which carries off men in its clawsHelpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350Grateful animalsHelpful wild beasts – felidaeAnimal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned childBat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basketMagic footwearMagic arrowMagic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.)Miraculous speed from magic objectMagic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.)

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