μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic insanity. (Cf. D2161.3.8.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Death or bodily injury by magic. · view the constellation · filed as D2065

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Lithuanian Balys Index 3512
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 167, 259, 368, 445.
  • general *Kittredge Witchcraft 30, *382 n. 51, 124ff., 449f. nn. 1–23 passim
Within the index

Filed under Death or bodily injury by magic. (Cf. C920f., D1207.1, D1400, D2089.3.)

7 finer motifs beneath it
Madness from demonic possession Insanity from seeing strange sight Druids bereave men of senses. (Cf. P427.) Insanity of princess dependent on height of fire. (Cf. D2064.2.) Insanity because of Evil Eye. (Cf. D2071.) Person abducted by Echo crazed and dumb Insanity from curse
Filed beside it
Magic murder. (Cf. D1402.) Maiming by magic Magic discomfort Magic sickness. (Cf. D1837.) Elfshot. (F360.) Magic shooting of small objects into a person's (or animal's) body Death or bodily injury by magic – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Insanity magically cured. (Cf. D2065.) Meeting ghost causes person to go mad. (Cf. D2065.) Madness as punishment. (Cf. D2065.)

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