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Magic power of seeing things underground.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic sight and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as D1825.4.1

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“See The Fragments of Sophocles, ὑποδήματα τοῖς ποσὶ περιέθηκε, καὶ κομίσας εἰς Πύλον τὰς μὲν λοιπὰς εἰς σπήλαιον ἀπέκρυψε, δύο δὲ καταθύσας τὰς μὲν βύρσας πέτραις καθή- λωσε, τῶν δὲ κρεῶν τὰ μὲν κατηνάλωσεν ἑψήσας τὰ δὲ κατέκαυσε' καὶ ταχέως εἰς Κυλλήνην ὥχετο. καὶ εὑρίσκει πρὸ τοῦ ἄντρου νεμομένην χελώνην. ταύτην ἐκκαθάρας, εἰς τὸ κύτος χορδὰς ἐντείνας ἐξ ὧν ἔθυσε βοῶν καὶ ἐργασάμενος λύραν εὗρε καὶ πλῆκτρον. ᾿Απόλλων δὲ τὰς Boas…”

The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. X · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 Magic power to see concealed things. (Cf. D1817.)

Filed beside it
Magic power to see whether girl is virginMagic power to see lost things
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God as thiefGod serves as menial on earthOrigin of lyre. Hermes makes it from a tortoiseOrigin of shepherd's pipeColor of raven. (Cf. A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1)Resuscitation by bloodSuitor contest: raceEscape by reversing horse's (ox's) shoesBirth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.)Precocious infant

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