Magic detection of theft

Motif

Magic detection of theft.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic knowledge. · view the constellation · filed as D1817.0.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic Boberg.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 190ff., 505 nn. 28, 29–53

Within the index

Filed under Magic detection of crime. (Cf. D1318.)

6 finer motifs beneath it

Witch (wizard) reveals name of thief Wizard tells location of stolen property Wizard compels thief to return stolen property Wizard shows form or shadow or picture of thief. (Cf. D1323.1, D1821.3.7.1.) Wizard detects thieves by placing leaf from Bible under doorstep. The guilty ones stumble over doorstep Wizard detects thief by trance

Filed beside it

Magic detection of poison. (Cf. D1317.0.1.) Magic detection of murder Magic detection of conspiracy Magic detection of sin Druids magically detect crime Saints magically detect crime Detection of crime through "knowledge tooth". (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic power to see distant objects. (Cf. D1813.3, D1817.0.1, D1825.5.)

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