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Saint rides on thorn tree and drags its roots through earth to dig out canal.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Other manifestations of magic power. · Magic transportation. · view the constellation · filed as D2121.14

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Magic journey.

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Magic journey by wishing. (Cf. D1761.)Magic journey with closed eyes. Person must not open eyes while on the journey. (Cf. C300.)Magic journey through power of imaginationMagic journey by making distance vanish. The road is contracted or the earth folded upMagic journey: man carried by spirit or devilMagic journey during which one must not think good or evilMagic journey in cloud. (Cf. D2135.)Magic journey by throwing knife into whirlwindMagic transportation from kick of a horseMagic journey on sunbeamMagic journey: man left on land appears in shipPower to go through closed doorsSailing in a leaky boat without sinkingMagic compulsion to make journey

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