μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic power by circumambulation. (Cf. G224.8, D1272.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Possession and means of employment of magic powers. · Means of producing magic power. · view the constellation · filed as D1791

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Jewish Neuman.
  • general *Fb "rundt" III 96b
  • general Frazer Golden Bough X 233ff.
  • general *Penzer X 109 s. v. "circumambulation"
  • general Cowell Jātaka index s. v. "rightwise"
  • general Cosquin Études 356ff.
  • general *Saintyves Essais 196ff. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Means of producing magic power.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Dextrosum (sunwise) circuit (for good luck) Withershins (countersunwise) circuit (for ill luck)
Filed beside it
Magic results produced by wishing 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Tabu: doing thing in certain manner. (Cf. C643, D1791.) Magic circle Power of prophecy induced by crawling backward around grave. (Cf. D1791.) Ghost will vanish if seer walks around it nine times. (Cf. D1791, D1273.1.5.) Fairies made visible when person walks three times around field where cows are grazing at night. (Cf. D1791.) Person gets witch power by walking twelve times around a church backward at midnight

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