μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic invulnerability.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic invulnerability. · view the constellation · filed as D1840

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Herrmann Saxo II 312, *Boberg
  • Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 150 n. 1 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 5
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 287, 597. – Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 99, 417, Rasmussen II 260, III 105, 250
  • Africa (Zulu) Callaway 93, 233.
  • general **Otto Berthold Die Unverwundbarkeit in Sage und Aberglauben der Griechen (Giessen, 1911)
  • general cf. Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 415. Irish myth: *Cross
  • general Teheulche (Patagonian): Alexander Lat. Am. 336
Within the index
7 finer motifs beneath it
Magic invulnerability of saints. (Cf. Q162, V228.) Magic invulnerability of animals Magic invulnerability of ogres Invulnerability from certain things Invulnerability for limited time Attainment of invulnerability. (Cf. D1840.) Loss of invulnerability
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Attainment of invulnerability. (Cf. D1840.) Invulnerable berserk. (Cf. D1840.) Immunities of saints (holy men). (Cf. D1840.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases winds Transformation: man to swine Transformation: woman to bitch Transformation: man to dove Transformation: man (woman) to almond tree Transformation by drinking Disenchantment from tree form by embrace of lover Moly: magic plant Magic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.) Magic drink Magic chair Lotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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