μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic writings (gramerye, runes).

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Miscellaneous magic objects. · view the constellation · filed as D1266.1

Scholars’ trail — 5 references (open)

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.

  • Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 46f., 295ff., *Boberg
  • Jewish Neuman.
  • general Child I 28, 48, 362, 391f., II 53ff., 506a
  • general *Hdwb d. Abergl. I 1225
  • general Krappe The Sending (Scandinavian Studies XVII [1943] 297–304). – Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 311, O'Suilleabhain 33
Within the index

Filed under Magic book.

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Magic ogam writing
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Magic epistle (brought from apostle) assures wearer will utter truth. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic writings produce love. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic runes cause sleep. (Cf. D1266.1.) Runes cause frenzy. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic runes control person's will. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic writings (runes) produce enmity. (Cf. D1266.1.) Runes protect. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic letters (amulets) guard against attack by wild animals or men. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic letter protects against attack. (Cf. D1266.1.) Runes protect from the curse of a dead Christian woman. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic charm (writings) preserves chastity. (Cf. D1266.1.) Runes protect from storm and shipwreck. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic runes give power over enemy. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic writings on sword render it harmless. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic writings heal. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic writings raise storm. (Cf. D1266.1.) Written charm causes river to flow quietly. (Cf. D1266.1.) Runes bring luck. (Cf. D1266.1.) Runes quench fire. (Cf. D1266.1.) Magic writings on stone cause corpse to answer for absent man. (Cf. D1266.1.) Sacred scroll returns to heaven. (Cf. D1266.1, V151.) Paper in hand which none but king can remove. (Cf. D1266.1.) Indelible writing: the scraped word found written as before. (Cf. D1266.1.) Woman relieved of incurable malady by kissing letter from saint. (Cf. D1266.1.)

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