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Motif

Maiming by magic.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Death or bodily injury by magic. · view the constellation · filed as D2062

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“The people heard that the children had abundance of food of all kinds, and they all moved to them. When they arrived the children invited them, and the various companies came and ate with them. Finally they all went out again; only the children’s father now stayed with them again. But they regretted what he had done to them. So they caused the lions to jump upon their father, and he was killed.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 63 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • Irish myth*Cross.
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Filed under Death or bodily injury by magic. (Cf. C920f., D1207.1, D1400, D2089.3.)

5 finer motifs beneath it
Heart removed by magicBlinding by magicFlesh magically does not regrowMagic mutilation: sexual organsMagic mutilation: temporary growths on person. (Cf. D1375.)
Filed beside it
Magic murder. (Cf. D1402.)Magic discomfortMagic sickness. (Cf. D1837.)Magic insanity. (Cf. D2161.3.8.)Elfshot. (F360.) Magic shooting of small objects into a person's (or animal's) bodyDeath or bodily injury by magic – miscellaneous
Travels with
Broken oath causes girl's hand to wither. (Cf. D2062.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Snake paramour. (Cf. B604.1.)Magic sickness. (Cf. D1837.)Adultery punished. (Cf. Q411.0.1, Q413.2, Q414.0.2, Q416.1.1, Q418.1, Q421.0.2, Q421.0.6, Q424.2, Q428.1, Q431.8, Q432.2, Q434.1, Q451.1.5, Q451.2.4, Q451.4.8, Q451.5.1, Q451.6.1, Q451.14, Q455.2, Q456.0.1, Q457.3, Q458.0.1, Q461.3, Q466.1, Q469.1, Q473.0.2, Q473.1.1, Q473.2.1, Q478.1, Q478.2, Q478.3, Q484, Q493.1, Q499.2.1, Q537.1, Q552.3.0.3, Q555.2, Q587.)Frightful meal as punishmentPursuit by rolling object

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