Person whose shadow is pierced by spear falls dead

Motif

Person whose shadow is pierced by spear falls dead.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Death or bodily injury by magic. · view the constellation · filed as D2061.2.2.1

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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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Murder by sympathetic magic. An object or an animal is abused or destroyed to bring about the death of a person.

Filed beside it

Spell chanted over person's shadow brings death Murder by abuse or destruction of image Body of victim abused Murder by abuse of clothing of victim Candle burned causes victim to waste away Animals abused or destroyed to cause death of person Miscellaneous objects abused to cause death

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