μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Land made magically fertile. (Cf. D1563, D2081, F349.4, F733.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Miscellaneous magical manifestations. · Miscellaneous magical manifestations. · view the constellation · filed as D2157.1

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

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
  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 85 No. 750B
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Dickson 122 nn. 69, 70
  • general *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 145
  • general Loomis White Magic 82
Within the index

Filed under Magic control of soil and crops.

1 finer motif beneath it
Saint scratches surface of earth with his spear and treasures of gold and silver are revealed
Filed beside it
Magic quick growth of cropsWithered and dead trees suddenly blossom at saint's commandMiraculous speedy growth of a treePoor soil transformed into lovely garden overnightField cultivated and sowed by magic
Travels with
Magic object controls condition of soilLand made magically sterile. (Cf. D1563.)Fairy promises abundant crops, etc., to mortalFruitful island
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