Unerring bow. Always hits mark. (Cf. D1091)

Motif

Unerring bow. Always hits mark. (Cf. D1091).

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general Type 592.

Within the index

Filed under Infallible weapon.

Filed beside it

Infallible sword. (Cf. D1081.)Unerring spear. (Cf. D1084.)Infallible sling. (Cf. D1087.)Unerring arrow. (Cf. D1092.)Unerring stone missile. (Cf. D1093.)Infallible gun. (Cf. D1096.1.)Magic mirror as infallible weapon. (Cf. D1080, D1163.)Infallible dagger. (Cf. D1083.1.)

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Magic bow

Carried in tale types

The Dance Among Thorns · ATU 5922 recorded variants

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