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Magic underground journey.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Other manifestations of magic power. · Magic transportation. · view the constellation · filed as D2131

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“A deliverer was sent to them in the person of Jonayafyin, the son of the old woman who lives in the West, and the second wife of the Sun. She divided her time between the Sun and the Water-fall, and by the latter bore a second son, named Ko- bachischini, who remained with his mother while his brother went forth to battle with the enemies of mankind. In four days Jonayafyin grew to manhood,™ then he asked his mother where the Elk lived.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 43 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 316 n. 145c
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 451, Rasmussen III 268, Holm 68, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 42.
  • general *Type 306
  • general *Fb "løngang" II 515b
Within the index

Filed under Magic transportation.

Filed beside it
Magic journeyJourney with magic speedMagic journey over waterMagic underwater journeyMagic air journeyObjects magically movedNatural law suspended
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-godRoc. A giant bird which carries off men in its clawsHelpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350Grateful animalsHelpful wild beasts – felidaeAnimal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned childBat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basketMagic footwearMagic arrowMagic ballMagic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.)Miraculous speed from magic object
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