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Magic building provides treasure.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object furnishes treasure. · view the constellation · filed as D1457

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“For once they ought to get some one else. I am to sit on the chief’s bed in the middle of the lodge.” He told his mother, “Do not let these women go out.’”’ Then he went out, and the old woman guarded the door. When she was asleep, one of the girls said, “I will go out to look.’’ She stepped over the old woman, and went to the dance-lodge. Looking in, she saw the people dancing on the Loon’s rump.”

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Magic castle (palace) provides treasure. (Cf. D1131, F771.)
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Inexhaustible purse furnishes money. (Cf. D1192.)Magic vessel (box) furnishes money. (Cf. D1171.)Parts of human body furnish treasureMagic clothing furnishes treasureMagic ornament provides treasureMagic tree furnishes treasure. (Cf. D950.)Magic plant furnishes treasureMagic food furnishes treasureMagic stone furnishes wealth. (Cf. D931.)Magic water furnishes treasure. Everything it touches turns to gold. (Cf. D1242.1.)Miscellaneous objects furnish treasure
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Magic spittleMagic excrementsMagic tearsMagic ornament provides treasureOld man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magicallyQuest assigned because of feigned dreamHeat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fireTree-pulling contestDeceptive eating contestEscape by shamming death: blood and brains. The trickster covers himself with paint (or the like) so that he will be thought to have bled to death (or with milk so that it will be thought that his brains have been knocked out)Substitute smoker. The hero is compelled to smoke a fatal pipe, but the helpful insect which he carries on his head smokes the pipe for himThe false bridegroom (substitute bridegroom). Takes the place of the true bridegroom

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