μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • German Grimm Nos. 50, 76
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Seneca Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 122 No. 19
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen III 151.
  • general **Riklin Wuncherfüllung und Symbolik in Märchen. (1908)
  • general *Fb "ønske" III 1178a. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Means of producing magic power.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Wishes granted without limit Limited number of wishes granted Wishing by stars
Filed beside it
Magic results produced by command Magic results produced by religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.5, V70.) Magic results from laughing Magic results from speaking Magic results from licking Magic results from spitting Magic results from power of thought Magic results from contact with earth Magic results from singing. (Cf. D1275, D1275.3.) Sympathetic magic. Magic results obtained by imitating desired action Reverse magic. Magic results obtained by imitating reverse of desired results Magic results from breathing. (Cf. D1557.) Magic telepathy. Influence at a distance Magic power at cross-roads Magic results from burning Magic results from bathing. (Cf. D562, D925, D2161.4.14.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic journey by wishing. (Cf. D1761.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Transformation: man to dog. (Cf. B641.1.) Disenchantment by being wakened from magic sleep by proper agent Disenchantment by covering with cloth Attendants of disenchanted person automatically disenchanted Person in magic sleep surrounded by protecting hedge Recognition by unique ability to perform magic act

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