μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Pursuit by magic fan. (Cf. D1077.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object gives power over other persons. · Magic object pursues or captures. · view the constellation · filed as D1431.2

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“The composition of the Ministry of Epidemics is arranged differently in different works as Epidemics (regarded as epidemics on earth, but as demons in Heaven) of the Centre, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, or as the marshals clothed in yellow, green, red, white, and blue respectively, or as the Officers of the East, West, South, and North, with two additional members: a Taoist who quells the plague, and the Grand Master who exhorts…”

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

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Filed under Magic object pursues.

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Rock (stone) pursues person. (Cf. D931.)Pursuit by magic ring. (Cf. D1076.)Pursuit by magic buckets. (Cf. D1171.10.)Pursuit by magic calabash. (Cf. D965.2.)
Travels with
Magic fan
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God of the living and the dead in the otherworldGods of the Quarters. A god or spirit for each of the world-quarters, north, south, east, and westGod of healingMagic fan conquers enemy. (Cf. D1077.)Magic object causes diseasePerson with half a body. As if body has been split in two

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