μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Disenchantment by destroying enchanter.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by miscellaneous means. · view the constellation · filed as D763

Filed across the traditions
  • Eskimo (Kodiak) Golder JAFL XVI 28, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 325.
  • general Chauvin VI 88 No. 252. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under Disenchantment by miscellaneous means.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Disenchantment by eating enchanter's heart Disenchantment by defeating enchanter in single combat
Filed beside it
Disenchantment by proper person waking from magic sleep. The enchanted person appears three times and if the sleeper does not wake by the third time the enchantment must last Disenchantment by eating or drinking Disenchantment by reversing (undoing) enchantment Disenchantment by liquid Disenchantment by use of magic object Disenchantment by naming Disenchantment by feeding transformed creature. This is done contrary to commands Disenchantment by placing handkerchief between horns Disenchantment by blowing on victim Disenchantment by prayer (mass) of Pope Disenchantment by physical contact Disenchantment by being found when lost Disenchantment by lighting fire Disenchantment by magic contest Disenchantment by music Disenchantment by encircling
Carried in tale types

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