Magic wisdom received from supernatural being

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Magic wisdom received from supernatural being.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic knowledge. · view the constellation · filed as D1811.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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 Dickson 120 nn. 61–63.

Within the index

Filed under Magic wisdom. (Cf. D1300.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Divine inspiration for writing sacred books

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Seventy-two kinds of wisdom mastered by Adam Magic wisdom from eating or drinking

Carried in tale types

The Punishment of the Angel · ATU 759D12 recorded variants

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