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Magic object causes disease.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object controls disease. · view the constellation · filed as D1500.4

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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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7 finer motifs beneath it
Magic drink causes disease. (Cf. D1242.2.)Magic breath causes disease. (Cf. D1005.)Magic pond causes disease. (Cf. D921.)Ray of sunlight causes leprosy. (Cf. D1162.)Gloves thrown after ship cause disease. (Cf. D1066.)Ashes cause leprosy. (Cf. D931.1.2.)Magic bed causes disease. (Cf. D1154.1.)
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Magic book controls disease. (Cf. D1266.)Magic object heals diseasesMagic object wards off diseaseMagic object transfers disease to another person or thingMagic object assists woman in childbearingMagic object cures particular diseasesMagic object heals woundMagic object stanches bloodMagic object cures blindnessMagic object cures deafnessMagic object restores speechMagic object restores reasonMagic object cures drunkennessMagic object cures ulcersCharm removes thorn. (Cf. D1273.)Magic object relieves pain
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.)Pursuit by magic fan. (Cf. D1077.)Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two

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