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Magic power at cross-roads.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Possession and means of employment of magic powers. · Means of producing magic power. · view the constellation · filed as D1786

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“Pohyola’s fair and winsome daughter, Glory of the land and water, Sat upon the bow of heaven, On its highest arch resplendent, In a gown of richest fabric, In a gold and silver air-gown, Weaving webs of golden texture, Interlacing threads of silver; Weaving with a golden shuttle, With a weaving-comb of silver; Merrily flies the golden shuttle, From the maiden’s nimble fingers, Briskly swings the lathe in weaving, Swiftly flies the comb…”

The Kalevala, Rune VIII · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
  • FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune VIIIThompson cites: Kalevala rune 8.
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Within the index

Filed under Means of producing magic power.

Filed beside it
Magic results produced by wishingMagic results produced by commandMagic results produced by religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.5, V70.)Magic results from laughingMagic results from speakingMagic results from lickingMagic results from spittingMagic results from power of thoughtMagic results from contact with earthMagic results from singing. (Cf. D1275, D1275.3.)Sympathetic magic. Magic results obtained by imitating desired actionReverse magic. Magic results obtained by imitating reverse of desired resultsMagic results from breathing. (Cf. D1557.)Magic telepathy. Influence at a distanceMagic results from burningMagic results from bathing. (Cf. D562, D925, D2161.4.14.)
Travels with
Magic earth from crossroads. (Cf. D1786.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic songMagic song heals wound. (Cf. D1275.)Flow of blood magically stopped. (Cf. D1504.)Task: making an invisible knot with an eggTask: making boat from splinters of a spindle and shuttleTask: splitting a hair with a blunt knife

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