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Motif

Rain produced by pouring water. (Cf. D1242.1.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Other manifestations of magic power. · Magic control of the elements. · view the constellation · filed as D2143.1.1

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“Lei Chên-tzu, one of Wu Wang's marshals, then struck the animal with his staff, and severed it in twain. Wên Chung escaped in the direction of the mountains of Chüeh-lung Ling, where another marshal, Yün Chung-tzu, barred his way. Yün's hands had the power of producing lightning, and eight columns of mysterious fire suddenly came out of the earth, completely enveloping Wên Chung. They were thirty feet high and ten feet in circumference.”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VI · served from our shelf

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Scholars’ trail — 11references

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 myth*Cross
  • ChineseWerner 205. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VI
  • general *Fb "vand" III 1001b
  • general Chrétien de Troyes "Yvain" lines 565ff.
  • general Kölbing Zs. f. vgl. Littgsch. XI 442ff.
  • general Lang Myth II 190f.
  • general Holmberg Die Wassergottheiten 181ff.
  • general *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1307
  • general Andrews Les Fontaines des Génies (Alger, 1903)
  • general Wells 66 (Ywain and Gawain)
  • general Gaster Thespis 181
Within the index

Filed under Rain produced by magic.

Filed beside it
Rain caused to fall in certain place (by rain-god)No rain falls on religious manRain produced by singing. (Cf. D1275, D1781.)Rain produced by prayer. (Cf. D1391.1, D2141.0.7.1.)Rain produced by spitting blood toward skyRain produced by plowingShower from magic anvil. (Cf. D1469.3.)Rain produced by striking rockRainstorm produced by emptying contents of bag in roadWitch draws rain or snow from clouds with wave of his handWizard sells charm to raise rainstorm to enable eloping couple to escape pursuersCertain man must laugh in order for it to rain. (Cf. D1773.)Arrival of saint brings rain to rainless landWhite elephant can make rain fall
Travels with
Magic water. (Note: here are included all references to magic water, whether as a remedy or as another type of magic agent)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God of thunderRain-godTransformation by eating apricotMagic rain. (Cf. D910.)Magic bottleMagic water. (Note: here are included all references to magic water, whether as a remedy or as another type of magic agent)Magic healing bottle. (Cf. D1171.8.)God reincarnated as monsterSpirit of thunderTreacherous co-wife (concubine)

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