Magic power to "see" who will die during coming year

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Magic power to "see" who will die during coming year.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic sight and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as D1825.6

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 17
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 6, Canto 59
North American IndigenousZuni Folk Tales, Tale 25

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 England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Kinds of magic sight.

Filed beside it

Second sight. Power to see future happenings. (Cf. D1812.)Magic power to see distant objects. (Cf. D1813.3, D1817.0.1, D1825.5.)Magic power to see invisible creatures Magic power to see concealed things. (Cf. D1817.)Magic power to see death circumstances of absent person Magic sight of incident before it actually happens What religious ascetic sees as gold, ordinary people see as scorpions Witches have power to see distant sights

Travels with

Listening at church door on Halloween to hear the names of those to die in the coming year. (Cf. D1825.6.)

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