Pseudo-magic resuscitating object sold. Dupe kills his wife (mother) and is unable to resuscitate her

Motif

Pseudo-magic resuscitating object sold. Dupe kills his wife (mother) and is unable to resuscitate her.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Sale of worthless articles. · Sale of pseudo-magic objects. · view the constellation · filed as K113

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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India*Thompson-Balys
IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 275.
general *Type 1535, 1539
general BP II 10

Within the index

Filed under Sale of pseudo-magic objects.

9 finer motifs beneath it

Seven devils' wives imitate ritual of death and resuscitation done over hero; not having the real water of life and death, the seven enemy devils are killed Alleged resuscitating bone sold. (Cf. D1013.)Alleged resuscitating whistle sold. (Cf. D1225)Alleged resuscitating book sold. (Cf. D1266.)Alleged resuscitating wand sold. (Cf. D1254.1.)Alleged resuscitating fiddle sold. (Cf. D1233.)Alleged resuscitating knife sold. (Cf. D1083.)Alleged resuscitating horn sold Alleged resuscitating bugle sold

Filed beside it

Pseudo-magic treasure-producing objects sold Pseudo-magic food-producing object sold Pseudo-magic oracular object sold Pseudo-magic healing objects sold Alleged rejuvenating object sold. (Cf. D1338.)Alleged inexhaustible vessel sold Sale of tree with alleged magic fruit Sale of other pseudo-magic objects

Carried in tale types

The Clever Boy · ATU 15421 recorded variant

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