μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 19references

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.

  • IrishBeal XXI 323
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • ChineseWerner 244, 331
  • JapaneseAnesaki 325
  • Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 111 No. 39
  • Africa (Fjort)Dennett 61 No. 12, (Vai): Ellis 200 No. 18, (Mpongwe): Nassau 15 No. 1.
  • general Type 425
  • general Tegethoff 32
  • general **Róheim Spiegelzauber
  • general *Liebrecht 85, 88
  • general *BP III 366ff.
  • general *Kittredge Witchcraft 503 n. 1
  • general MacCulloch Childhood 36f.
  • general *Chauvin VIII 191 No. 228
  • general *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 547–565
  • general Fb "spejl" III 481a
  • general *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 202f.
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 232. – England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman

Showing a bounded trail of 19 from 19 references.

Within the index

Filed under Magic object gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1331.1, D1825.)

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic mirror reflects the face of whoever dies
Filed beside it
Magic clairvoyant vase. (Cf. D1171.7.)Magic clairvoyant windows. Twelve, each more powerful than the next. (Cf. D1145.)Magic clairvoyant sphere. Shows all that passes on earth by looking at that part of globe. (Cf. D1264.)Magic salve gives clairvoyance (Cf. 1244.)Magic soap gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1195.)Turf from church roof gives clairvoyance. Placed on head in order to see witches. (Cf. D934.)Churchyard mould gives clairvoyance. Placed in pocket in order to see witches. (Cf. D1278, G250.)Clairvoyant tube. (Cf. D1255.)Hat gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1067.1.)Hair gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D991.)Clairvoyance by looking at object filled with waterMagic powder gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1246.)Four-leaf clover gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D965.7.)Magic clairvoyant telescope. Shows distant eventsMagic feather gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1021.)Magic clairvoyant girdle. (Cf. D1057.)
Travels with
Mirror answers questions. (Cf. D1163, D1323.1.)Wizard shows form or shadow or picture of thief. (Cf. D1323.1, D1821.3.7.1.)Treasure found by clairvoyant mirror. (Cf. D1323.1.)
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