Magic object transfers disease to another person or thing — Mythoi

Motif

Magic object transfers disease to another person or thing.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object controls disease. · view the constellation · filed as D1500.3

Cited in the index

general Kristensen Danske Sagn VI (1891) 345ff., (1936) 299ff., Icelandic: *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Magic object controls disease.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Charm shifts diseases to another person. (Cf. D1273.) Disease transferred to saint's bell. (Cf. D1213.)

Filed beside it

Magic book controls disease. (Cf. D1266.) Magic object heals diseases Magic object wards off disease Magic object causes disease Magic object assists woman in childbearing Magic object cures particular diseases Magic object heals wound Magic object stanches blood Magic object cures blindness Magic object cures deafness Magic object restores speech Magic object restores reason Magic object cures drunkenness Magic object cures ulcers Charm removes thorn. (Cf. D1273.) Magic object relieves pain

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Cure by transferring disease to animal. (Cf. D1500.3.)

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