Magic fetish — Mythoi

Motif

Magic fetish.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Miscellaneous magic objects. · view the constellation · filed as D1274

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XIV

Filed across the traditions

Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 56, 148, 433, Rasmussen III 100, Holm 56
Africa (Fjort) Dennett 96, (Bushmen, South of Zambesi): Theal 56
S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 38.
general *Seligmann 39. English: Child I 28, 48, 55, 57, 391

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous magic objects.

1 finer motif beneath it

Magic conjuring bag. Filled with nail parings, human hair, feet of toads, and the like

Filed beside it

Magic chain (iron) Magic metal Magic staff. (Cf. D1277.) Magic tube Magic ball Magic fishhook Magic bridge Magic cigar Magic grinding-stone Magic mill Magic sphere Magic book Magic card Magic statue (doll) Magic fire Magic circle

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Charms indicate guilt. (Cf. D1274.) Love charm. (Cf. D1274.) Fetish clears forest. (Cf. D1274.) Worship of fetish. (Cf. D1274.)

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