Charms against elfshot. (Cf. D2066, D1273.)

Motif

Charms against elfshot. (Cf. D2066, D1273.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object controls disease. · view the constellation · filed as D1516

Scholars’ trail — 4 references (open)

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
Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 83, Snorra Edda Skaldsk. XVII
England *Baughman.
general Kittredge Witchcraft 133, 453ff. nn. 62–82 passim

Within the index

Filed under Magic object controls disease.

Filed beside it

Magic book controls disease. (Cf. D1266.) Magic object heals diseases Magic object wards off disease Magic object transfers disease to another person or thing 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.)

Travels with

Magic formula (charm) Elfshot. (F360.) Magic shooting of small objects into a person's (or animal's) body

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