Locks opened by magic

Motif

Locks opened by magic.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Destructive magic powers. · Magic used against property. · view the constellation · filed as D2088

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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.

Irish mythCross
Icelandic*Boberg.
general Krappe Balor 2 n. 9

Within the index

Filed under Magic used against property.

2 finer motifs beneath it

All locks opened on the night of Christ's Nativity. (Cf. D1557.1.)Fairy gains entrance to locked city

Filed beside it

Land made magically sterile. (Cf. D1563.)Trees killed by magic Evil magic in the dairy Industrial processes magically interrupted Game animals magically made overwary Weapons magically dulled Theft by magic Magic used against property – miscellaneous

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