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Magic air journey.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Other manifestations of magic power. · Magic transportation. · view the constellation · filed as D2135

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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
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 14references

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.

  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "voyages"
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 12, 43, 319
  • ChineseChavannes 500 Contes I 359 No. 94, Graham
  • JapaneseCoyajee JPASB XXIV 185
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 316 n. 145d
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen I 87, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 40.
  • general *Penzer X 64 s. v. "air"
  • general *Fb "ride" III 53a
  • general *Toldo IV 77
  • general *Loomis White Magic 91f.
  • general Jones PMLA XXIII 563
  • general Malone PMLA XLIII 412. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Magic transportation.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Levitation. Person able to raise self in the airObject magically raised in airMagic ability to flyPower of flying from eating children's heartsMagic air journey from biting an earStones fly through the air at saint's biddingMagic transportation to highest summit by divine powerObjects sent through air
Filed beside it
Magic journeyJourney with magic speedMagic journey over waterMagic underwater journeyMagic underground journeyObjects magically movedNatural law suspended
Travels with
Magic journey in cloud. (Cf. D2135.)
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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