Charms prevent barrenness or miscarriage. (Cf. D1273.)

Motif

Charms prevent barrenness or miscarriage. (Cf. D1273.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object controls disease. · view the constellation · filed as D1501.1

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
IndiaThompson-Balys.
general Kittredge Witchcraft 32, 388 n. 89

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Filed under Magic object assists woman in childbearing.

1 finer motif beneath it

Mistletoe used by druids to prevent barrenness

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Charms make childbirth easy. (Cf. D1273.)Magic plant makes childbirth easy. (Cf. D965.)Magic fruit from Yggdrasil placed in fire makes childbirth easy. (Cf. D981.)Magic belt assists in childbirth. (Cf. D1057.)Amulet assists in childbearing. (Cf. D1070.)Leaves assist in childbearing. (Cf. D955.)Medicine causes woman to bear twins. (Cf. D1241.)

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Magic formula (charm)Barrenness magically cured. (Cf. D1347.2, D1501.1, D1925.1.)

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