μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Red as magic color.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 6
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-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 (Thompson’s cf.)
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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