Provisions received from magic tree. (Cf. D950.)

Motif

Provisions received from magic tree. (Cf. D950.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object as provider. · view the constellation · filed as D1470.2.1

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“I do not know how to get out of the forest, no human being lives in it, so I must certainly starve." She walked about and looked for a road, but could find none. When it was evening she seated herself under a tree, gave herself into God's keeping, and resolved to sit wait- ing there and not go away, let what might happen. When, however, she had sat there for a while, a white dove came flying to her with a little golden key in ita mouth.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 123 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

GermanGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 123Thompson cites: Grimm No. 123 (food and beds in tree)

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
GermanGrimm No. 123 (food and beds in tree) → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 123
IndiaThompson-Balys
Africa (Zulu)Callaway 217 (cattle emerge from tree when it is cut).

Within the index

Filed under Provisions received from magic object.

1 finer motif beneath it

Leaves turn into fish to feed family. (Cf. D955.)

Filed beside it

Supplies received from magic box. (Cf. D1174.)Horn of plenty (cornucopia.) (Cf. D1011.1, B115, D1475.1.)Supplies from toe of old woman. (Cf. D995.1.)Supplies from magic table. (Cf. D1153.)Supplies from bull's belly Supplies from bull's dung. (Cf. D1026.2.)Supplies from magic ashes. (Cf. D931.1.2.)Supplies from magic skin worn by man. (Cf. D1024.)

Travels with

Magic tree

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Disenchantment by ring Magic tree Witch lives in forest Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.)Witch transforms man to tree

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