μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic adhesion to monster (witch, ogre, etc.). (Old Man of the Sea, Burr-Woman.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Miscellaneous magical manifestations. · Miscellaneous magical manifestations. · view the constellation · filed as D2171.2

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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.

  • EstonianAarne FFC XXV 126 No. 58
  • LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 42 No. 30
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 330 n. 191e.
  • general *Basset 1001 Contes I 190f
Within the index

Filed under Magic adhesion. (Cf. D1413.)

Filed beside it
Object magically attaches itself to a personMagic adhesion to animal. (Cf. F155.)Objects magically stick together. (Cf. D1413.)Persons magically stick together. (Cf. D1171.2, D1413.14.)Clothes cling supernaturally to bodyMan's feet fixed to pavement so that he cannot move until he makes vowWitch causes milk to stay in overturned pail

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