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Magic beautification.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic beautification. · view the constellation · filed as D1860

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“They brought him a large tub full of hot water. Then the chief took the young man, put him into this tub, and, as soon as he was in the tub,?s? the water began to boil and the water boiled over the tub, boiling of its own accord. When the dross was all off, the chief took the bare bones of the young man, put them on a wide board, joining them together, and after he had done so, he called to his young daughter, who leaped over the bones.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 68 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "beauté"
  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 17
  • JewishNeuman
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 527. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 259, (Zuñi): Parsons JAFL XXXI 244 No. 16
  • Africa (Fjort)Dennett 43 No. 6, (Hottentot): Bleek 76 No. 35. – See also all references to D732 and D733.
  • general BP I 86ff., 99ff., 165ff., 207ff. (Gr. Nos. 11, 13, 21, 24)
  • general *Loomis White Magic 80, 82
  • general Cox Cinderella 481 n. 12 (most of references there given). Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 335
Within the index
8 finer motifs beneath it
Magic beautification of fairy. (Cf. D732, F234.)Magic beauty bestowedBeautification by stroking (tapping)Magic beautification through prayer by saint. (Cf. D1766.1.)Beautification by death and resuscitationOther means of beautificationMagic beautification of houseMagic beautification of animal
Travels with
Magic hideousness. (Cf. D1337, D1860, M400.)Miraculous beautification upon conversion to Christianity. (Cf. D1860.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic dishBeautification by death and resuscitationResuscitation by jumping (stepping) overResuscitation by boilingArrogant mistress repaid in kind by her lover
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