Night magically shortened

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Night magically shortened.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Other manifestations of magic power. · Magic control of the elements. · view the constellation · filed as D2146.2.3

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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
Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 150
MarquesasHandy 109
general N. Am. Indian (Yana): Curtin Creation Myths 436.

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Filed under Night controlled by magic.

Filed beside it

Night produced by magic. (Cf. F965.2.)Night magically lengthened Earth darkened because of Sun's defeat in race against Coyote Saint banishes night for a year

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