μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Incandescent jewel. (Cf. D1071.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Characteristics of magic objects. · Automatic magic objects. · Other automatic objects. · view the constellation · filed as D1645.1

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“The Nunnery on Fire Seeing all these gods arrive to help the novice, the Superior, I Yu, held consultation with the choir-mistress, saying: "We assigned to the Princess the burdensome work of the kitchen because she refused to return to the world; but since she has entered on her duties the gods of the eight caves of Heaven have come to offer her fruit, Ch'ieh Lan sweeps the kitchen, the dragon has dug a well, the God of the Hearth and…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X · served from our shelf

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Scholars’ trail — 11references

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*Boberg
  • Jewishbin Gorion Born Judas 2d ed. I 217, 375, Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • ChineseWerner 274. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X
  • general *Chauvin V 4 No. 443
  • general *Penzer III 167
  • general *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 434 n. 32
  • general *Cosquin indiens 246ff.
  • general Fb "edelsten"
  • general *Boje 81
Within the index

Filed under Self-luminous objects.

Filed beside it
Incandescent cup. (Cf. D1171.6.)Magic castle shines from afar. (Cf. D1131, F771.)Incandescent sword. (Cf. D1081, D1645.8.4.)Magic dazzling shield. (Cf. D1101.1.)Self-luminous feather. (Cf. D1021.)Self-luminous artificial boar. (Cf. D1620.2.)Magic flaming arms. (Cf. D1080.)Well shines at night. (Cf. D926.)Man's body emits lightExtraordinary flower; rays of golden light fall from it. (Cf. D975.)
Travels with
Magic jewel (jewels)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Blind god. HödhrGoddess of mercyAnimal as servant to manAnimal as domestic servantHelpful tigerTransformation: man to tigerTransformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowersMagic object acquired as reward for religious austeritiesMagic peachMagic hairpinMagic waters and medicinesMagic salve (ointment)

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