μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic forgetfulness.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Temporary magic characteristics. · Magic forgetfulness. · view the constellation · filed as D2000

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Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "oubli"
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 457, Rasmussen III 145.
  • general *Cox Cinderella 511
  • general *Kittredge Witchcraft 55, 406 nn. 241, 242. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index
5 finer motifs beneath it
Forgotten fiancée. Young husband visiting his home breaks tabu and forgets his wife. Later she succeeds in reawakening his memory. (For details of the ways in which the memory is lost and regained see D2004 and D2006 Means of bringing about magic forgetfulness Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) Years thought days. (Cf. F379.5.) Years spent in the other world or asleep seem as days because of magic forgetfulness Moments thought years. In a moment a person seems to experience events of many years

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