Charm gives safety on journey. (Cf. D1273.)

Motif

Charm gives safety on journey. (Cf. D1273.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object protects. · view the constellation · filed as D1384.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

general Kittredge Witchcraft 32, 388 n. 93
general Hälsig Der Zauberspruch bei den Germanen 48ff. Irish myth: *Cross.

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Filed under Magic object protects from discomfort or from accident on journey.

1 finer motif beneath it

Turning right-handwise insures safe journey. (Cf. D1272.)

Filed beside it

Magic ring prevents discomfiture. (Cf. D1076.)Noose used by suicide as protection from accident. (Cf. D1278.)Charms prevent fatigue. (Cf. D1273.)Song as protection on journey. (Cf. D1275.)Ointment gives protection on journey. (Cf. D1244.)Magic ring prevents losing one's way. (Cf. D1076.)

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Magic formula (charm)

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