Magic bough — Mythoi

Motif

Magic bough.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic tree. · view the constellation · filed as D954

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics , Chapter IV
Depth Commentary Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion , CHAPTER IV.
Ancient Egyptian Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri , THE DOOMED PRINCE THE DOOMED PRINCE
Ancient Egyptian Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri , ANPU AND BATA. ANPU AND BATA.
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVIII LXVIII. The Golden Bough

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Boggs FFC XC 51 No. 340
India Thompson-Balys.
general *Chauvin V 229 No. 130
general Fb "finkelrut". Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 114f.
general *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Magic tree.

Filed beside it

Magic tree guarded by serpent (dragon) coiled around its roots Magic tree at bottom of lake Magic hazel tree Magic oak tree Magic peach tree Magic cherry tree Magic pear tree Magic ash tree (quicken, rowan) Magic lime tree Magic fig tree Magic olive tree Magic apple tree Magic alder tree Magic birch tree Magic hawthorn Magic yew tree

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic wand (twig) locates hidden treasure. (Cf. D954, D1254, D1254.2.) Magic branch of peace. Warfare ceases when it is shaken. (Cf. D954.) Olive branch insures fidelity of husband. Wife to beat him with it. (Cf. D954.) Magic olive branch makes woman master in household. (Cf. D954.) Magic branch catches fish. (Cf. D954.) Magic transportation by bough. (Cf. D954.) Branch which dries up water in great river so person can cross. (Cf. D954.) Magic branch when used as a threshing pole produces marvelous harvest of rice. (Cf. D954.) Magic musical branch. (Cf. D954, F811.6.) Branch leaps from hand to hand. (Cf. D954.)

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