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Magic clairvoyant mirror.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic objects effect changes in persons. · Magic object gives supernatural information. · view the constellation · filed as D1323.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish Beal XXI 323
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Chinese Werner 244, 331
  • Japanese Anesaki 325
  • Cape Verde Islands Parsons 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

…and 1 more.

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 water Magic powder gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1246.) Four-leaf clover gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D965.7.) Magic clairvoyant telescope. Shows distant events Magic feather gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1021.) Magic clairvoyant girdle. (Cf. D1057.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
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.)
Carried in tale types

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