Land made magically sterile. (Cf. D1563.)

Motif

Land made magically sterile. (Cf. D1563.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Magic used against property. · view the constellation · filed as D2081

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 383 n. 5 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VII
Irish myth *Cross
Spanish Boggs FFC XC 85 No. 750B.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 171, 488f. nn. 59, 63, 64
general England, U.S.: *Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Magic used against property.

1 finer motif beneath it

Earth dried up in three years while hero is under earth

Filed beside it

Trees killed by magic Evil magic in the dairy Industrial processes magically interrupted Game animals magically made overwary Weapons magically dulled Theft by magic Locks opened by magic Magic used against property – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic object controls condition of soil Drought produced by magic. (Cf. D2081, D2157.) Land made magically fertile. (Cf. D1563, D2081, F349.4, F733.) Witch bewitches objects. (Cf. D2072, D2081, D2087.1, D2071.0.2.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Innocent woman accused of murder Matricide punished Burial alive as punishment for disobedience to king. (Cf. Q325.) Wife throws herself on husband's funeral pyre Sacrifice: olive branch laid on altar of Mercy

Carried in tale types

The Mother who Did not Bear Me but Nourished Me · ATU 713 2 recorded variants

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