Evil eye averted by spitting. (Cf. D1001, D1776.)

Motif

Evil eye averted by spitting. (Cf. D1001, D1776.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Bewitching. · view the constellation · filed as D2071.1.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.
general *Fb "spytte" III 514b

Within the index

Filed under Averting Evil Eye.

Filed beside it

Evil eye averted by swinging cat over child's cradle Simulated change of sex to baffle Evil Eye Black as guard against Evil Eye Countermagic against Evil Eye: returning glance of Evil Eye blights the original glancer

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic spittle Magic results from spitting

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