Seven-league boots. Boots with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1065.1.)

Motif

Seven-league boots. Boots with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1065.1.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Function of magic objects. · Magic object affords miraculous transportation. · view the constellation · filed as D1521.1

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Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 10
England*Baughman
IndiaThompson-Balys
ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 253
PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 177.
general *Type 328
general *Saintyves Perrault 283, 286
general *Fb "sko" III 288a, "støvle" III 642a. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "bottes"

Within the index

Filed under Miraculous speed from magic object.

1 finer motif beneath it

Sandals with magic speed

Filed beside it

Ship with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1123, D1520.15.)Sleigh as swift as thought. (Cf. D1115.)Carriage as swift as thought. (Cf. D1111.)Jewel gives miraculous speed. (Cf. D1071.)

Travels with

Magic boots Magic transportation by shoes. (Cf. D1065.2, D1521.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Man on a Quest for his Lost Wife · ATU 40072 recorded variants

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