Indelible blood. (Cf. D1003.)

Motif

Indelible blood. (Cf. D1003.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Characteristics of magic objects. · Other characteristics of magic objects. · view the constellation · filed as D1654.3

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

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.

general *Type 312
general BP I 404ff.
general *Fb "blod" IV 48b.

Within the index

Filed under Immovable object.

1 finer motif beneath it

Indelible mark

Filed beside it

Magic immovability of saints (or their possessions)Magic stone, hitting object, renders it immovable. (Cf. D931.)Stone (rock) refuses to be moved. (Cf. D931.)Immovable apples. (Cf. C981.1.)Immovable weapon Wagon refuses to move. (Cf. D1113.)Ship refuses to move. (Cf. D1123.)Statues that cannot be removed. (Cf. D1268.)Picture that cannot be removed in ship. (Cf. D1266.2, D1654.6.)Corpse in coffin refuses to be moved in wagon. (Cf. D1654.5, E272.1, E411.0.3.)Bell refuses to be moved. (Cf. D1213.)Paper in hand which none but king can remove. (Cf. D1266.1.)Horse magically becomes immovable. (Cf. B181.)Woman can be lifted only by her lover Severed head cannot be moved from helmet. (Cf. D992.)Door stuck by witchcraft so that it cannot be opened. (Cf. D1146.)

Travels with

Magic blood – human Ineradicable handprint as indication of innocence. (Cf. D1654.3.)

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