Love charm. (Cf. D1274.)

Motif

Love charm. (Cf. D1274.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic objects effect changes in persons. · Magic object changes person's disposition. · view the constellation · filed as D1355.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK II, ch. VII
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 10
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 1
Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , A Midsummer-Night's Dream Act 2
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 2, Canto 29

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
English Child I 57
India *Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 137f.
Am. Negro (Georgia) Harris Nights 198 No. 34.
general Kittredge Witchcraft 30, 111, 382 n. 52, 440 nn. 61–70 passim. – Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Love-producing magic object.

8 finer motifs beneath it

Seed mixed with blood as love charm. (Cf. D971.) Image (animal) pierced with pins as love charm Fruit pierced with pins as love charm. (Cf. D981.) Entrails of live pigeon placed above house door fetch lover to the spot Boiling lock of lover's hair draws him to sweetheart Burning candle stuck with pins fetches lover Person burns salt and says charm to bring lover to spot Person burns dragonsblood (plant) and says charm to bring lover to spot

Filed beside it

Magic spear produces love-sickness. (Cf. D1084.) Love-producing music. (Cf. D1275.1.) Magic love-philtre. (Cf. 1242.2.) Ring produces love. (Cf. D1076.) Magic hair produces love. (Cf. D991.) Churchyard mould produces love. Girl takes three handfuls and passes it over churn. (Cf. D1278.1.) Apple produces love. (Cf. D981.1.) Olive branch insures fidelity of husband. Wife to beat him with it. (Cf. D954.) Magic belt produces love. (Cf. D1057.) Consecrated bread produces love. (Cf. D1031.1.1.) Magic clothes produce love. (Cf. D1050.) Magic nuts (eaten) produce love. (Cf. D985.) Love-spot. Mark which makes man irresistible to any woman who sees it Eaten fruit causes sexual desire. (Cf. D981.) Magic shears produce love. (Cf. D1183.) Magic rod produces love. (Cf. D1254.1, D1254.2.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

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