Magic power from devil

Motif

Magic power from devil.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Possession and means of employment of magic powers. · Acquisition of magic powers. · view the constellation · filed as D1721.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

SlavicRussian Folk-Tales, Chapter VI

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 Kittredge Witchcraft 45, 399 n. 175
general Dickson 213 n. 145. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 47 No. 325*A.

Within the index

Filed under Magic power from magician.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Magic arts learned in hell Magic power from demon Spirit gives man the power of exorcising him out of anyone he possesses. (Cf. D2176.)Magic power from rakshasi

Filed beside it

Magic power from donning magician's clothes. (Cf. D1052.)Magic power obtained secretly from magician's friends Magic power acquired by eating fish which have eaten dead magician's flesh Magician blows magic into disciples' ears Disciples drink magician's urine Magician's disciples eat magic iron Magician's disciples acquire magic powers by study

Travels with

Magic knowledge from devil. (Cf. D1721.1.)

wander