Red as magic color

Motif

Red as magic color.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Miscellaneous magic objects. · view the constellation · filed as D1293.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XVIII

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 6
Irish myth*Cross
JewishNeuman
IndiaThompson-Balys.
general Gaster Oldest Stories 69

Within the index

Filed under Magic color.

Filed beside it

Green as magic color White as magic color Black as magic color

Travels with

Red wards off danger. (Cf. D1293.1.)Red color protects against demons. (Cf. D1293.1.)Stone changes from red to green as auspicious sign. (Cf. D1293.1, D1293.2, D1317.12.)

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