Magic aging. (Cf. D1857.)

Motif

Magic aging. (Cf. D1857.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic aging. · view the constellation · filed as D1890

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 8 receipt
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 9 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "vieux"
Estonian Hartland Science 201
Jewish Neuman
India Thompson-Balys
Chinese Graham
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50b.
general Fb "ungdom" III 979b
general *Loomis White Magic 80
general Penzer I 137. Irish: Plummer clxxiv, *Cross

Within the index

4 finer motifs beneath it

Transformation to old man to escape recognition Magic aging by bathing Magic aging by contact with earth after otherworld journey Youngest of the three Magi becomes the senior through power of the Savior

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic longevity Premature aging as punishment. (Cf. D1890.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Hierarchy of worlds. A series of worlds, one above the other World-tree. Tree extending from lowest to highest world. (Cf. A878.) World-columns. Four (two, etc.) columns or supports sustain the earth Atlas. A man supports the earth on his shoulders Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section Flood from fluids of the body Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world Creation of man Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages Origin of death Distribution of tribes

Carried in tale types

The House in the Forest · ATU 431 1 recorded variant

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