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Motif

Cure by passing patient through cleft of tree (other loop). (Cf. F950.3.)

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • general *Kittredge Witchcraft 148, 467 n. 92
  • general *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 115
  • general Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 477 s. v. "durchkriechen"
  • general A. F. Schmidt Hultræer i Danmark (Danske Studier 1932, 33ff.)
  • general Kr. Nyrop Kludetræet (Dania I (1890), 1ff. and 309)
  • general England, U.S.: *Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Methods of magic cure.

Filed beside it
Cure after following instructions received from saint in dream Cure by transferring disease to animal. (Cf. D1500.3.) Disease transferred to object Cure by passing through earth at crossroads Person cured by repairing image that has same deformity Animal buried alive to cure disease Animal burned to cure disease. Especially for disease among animals Cure by burning grain where man has died. (Cf. D1787.) Or where he is buried Baptism as magic cure. (Cf. V81.) Disease cured by same thing (person) that caused it Cure by putting children on roof (in oven) Magic cure during sleep Eating of human hearts as cure for insomnia Magic cure by bathing. (Cf. D1788.) Magic cure by lying on saint's shadow Magic cure by touching
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Measuring sick as means of cure

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