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Magic treasure animal killed. (Goose that laid the golden egg).

Magic. · Magic objects. · Ownership of magic objects. · Loss of magic object. · view the constellation · filed as D876

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“She began to sew her moccasins, and all at once she stuck the awl in one of her fingers. The woman threw it away, and it came back and said: “Brother Turtle, I hurt a woman badly. She was using me while she was sewing her moccasins, and I stuck one of her fingers; she threw me away.” “Well done, brothers, now it is my turn,’ said the turtle. The turtle went into camp, and people saw him and said: “What does this mean?”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 38 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • JapaneseIkeda
  • IndonesianDixon 238 n. 51
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson-Tales 306 n. 109z.
  • general Greek fable: Wienert FFC LVI 64 (ET 283), 106 (ST 182)
  • general Babrius 123
  • general Halm Aesop No. 343. India: Keith 145 (gold-producing boy), Thompson-Balys
  • general Panchatantra III 6 (tr. Ryder) 331
  • general Cowell Jātaka I 292 No. 136
Within the index

Filed under Loss of magic object.

Filed beside it
Death to follow loss of magic objectLoss of magic object causes madnessMagic object stolenMagic object taken away by forceMagic object mysteriously disappearsMagic jewel carried off by bird. This happens when the jewel is examined by daylight. (Cf. D861.7.)Magic object destroyedMagic object mysteriously disappearsMagic object returns to original placeMagic object traded awayMagic object loses power by overuseMagic object voluntarily restored to giver
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on treesTransformation to be put in food-bagTransformation to seduceMagic garment (robe, tunic)Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.)Killed game revives and flies awayDisintegration: man eats himself up or dismembers himselfPerson eats self upTrickster joins bulrushes in a dance. He thinks they are dancing when he sees them wavingPerson frightened into falling down a cliffDeceptive scratching contestThief frightens owner from goods
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