μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic peach gives immunity from age. (Cf. D981.2.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic objects effect changes in persons. · Magic object works physical change. · view the constellation · filed as D1338.3.2

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“The Nunnery on Fire Seeing all these gods arrive to help the novice, the Superior, I Yu, held consultation with the choir-mistress, saying: "We assigned to the Princess the burdensome work of the kitchen because she refused to return to the world; but since she has entered on her duties the gods of the eight caves of Heaven have come to offer her fruit, Ch'ieh Lan sweeps the kitchen, the dragon has dug a well, the God of the Hearth and…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X · served from our shelf

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Filed under Rejuvenation by fruit. (Cf. D981.)

Filed beside it
Rejuvenation by apple. Golden apples of youth. (Cf. D981.1.)Rejuvenation by fruit of magic tree. (Cf. D950.)
Travels with
Magic peach
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Blind god. HödhrGoddess of mercyAnimal as servant to manAnimal as domestic servantHelpful tigerTransformation: man to tigerTransformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowersMagic object acquired as reward for religious austeritiesMagic peachMagic hairpinMagic waters and medicinesMagic salve (ointment)

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