Magic fruit — Mythoi

Motif

Magic fruit.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic fruits and vegetables. · view the constellation · filed as D981

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Jewish *Neuman
Hindu Tawney I 259f., 310n., 382, II 142n., 198n., 596n.
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 105
Japanese Ikeda
Indonesian DeVries's list No. 195.
general *Type 566
general *Aarne MSFO XXV 122
general Fb "næse" II 716b
general *Penzer VI 216
general *Basset 1001 Contes I 143
general *Chauvin VI 74 No. 239. Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Magic fruits and vegetables.

14 finer motifs beneath it

Magic fruit juice Magic apple Magic peach Magic orange Magic cherry Magic fig. (Cf. D1375.1.1.5.) Magic pear. (Cf. D1375.1.1.6, D1375.2.1.3.) Magic plum. (Cf. D1375.1.1.7.) Magic grape. (Cf. D1375.1.1.8.) Magic date (fruit). (Cf. D1375.1.1.9.) Magic berry. (Cf. D1375.1.1.10.) Magic pumpkin Magic pomegranate Magic bananas

Filed beside it

Magic vegetable Magic nut

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic strength-giving apple. (Cf. D981.) Rejuvenation by fruit. (Cf. D981.) Fruit of immortality. (Cf. D981.) Eaten fruit causes sexual desire. (Cf. D981.) Fruit pierced with pins as love charm. (Cf. D981.) Fruit of magic tree exhilarating. (Cf. D950, D981.) Magic fruit causes horns to grow on person. (Cf. D981.) Magic fruit removes horns from person. (Cf. D1375.1.1, D981.) Magic fruit causes tail to grow. (Cf. D981.) Magic fruit furnishes treasure. (Cf. D981.) Magic fruit from Yggdrasil placed in fire makes childbirth easy. (Cf. D981.) Speaking fruit. (Cf. D981.) Singing apple. (Cf. D981.) Dancing apple. (Cf. D981.) Transformation by eating fruit. (Cf. D981.) Cf. Type 566 Woman cooks the magic fruits. (Cf. D981.)

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