Elfshot. (F360.) Magic shooting of small objects into a person's (or animal's) body

Motif

Elfshot. (F360.) Magic shooting of small objects into a person's (or animal's) body.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Death or bodily injury by magic. · view the constellation · filed as D2066

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

general Kittredge Witchcraft 133, 453ff. nn. 62–82 passim
general *Fb "skud" III 333b, "ellefolk" I 241b. – Irish myth: Cross
general England, Ireland: *Baughman.

Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it

Elves get stones from fairies who get them from mermaids. The devil does the finishing work on the stones

Filed beside it

Magic murder. (Cf. D1402.)Maiming by magic Magic discomfort Magic sickness. (Cf. D1837.)Magic insanity. (Cf. D2161.3.8.)Death or bodily injury by magic – miscellaneous

Travels with

Charms against elfshot. (Cf. D2066, D1273.)Witch causes illness of animals. (Cf. D2066)

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