Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.). (Cf. M301.)

Motif

Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.). (Cf. M301.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Possession and means of employment of magic powers. · Possession of magic powers. · view the constellation · filed as D1712

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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
IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 299, *Boberg
EnglandBaughman
EstonianAarne FFC XXV 138 No. 104
FinnishAarne FFC XXXIII 48
JewishNeuman
India*Thompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 349
ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 254
Africa (Angola)Chatelain 57 No. 2, 139 No. 13, (Congo): Weeks 202 No. 1.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 383ff. nn. 61, 62

Within the index

Filed under Possession of magic powers. (Cf. D800.)

4 finer motifs beneath it

Astrologer-magician Soothsayer at work by various methods of divination Blind man as soothsayer Interpreter of dreams

Filed beside it

Magician. (Cf. D1721.)Magic power of hermit (saint, yogi). (Cf. P426.2.)Magic power of person without sin Magic power of dying man's words Magic power of the infirm Magic power of children Special location of magic powers Possession of magic powers – miscellaneous

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