μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Enduring and overcoming curses.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Release from curse by burning vomitRelease from curse by putting pins around horse's heart and then boiling itRelease from curse by burning animal in straw pileRelease from curse by heating the colter of the plow in the stoveRelease from curse by pricking louse and hanging it on wallRelease from curse by putting a five cent piece in the churnRelease from curse by putting a piece of silver in the gun
Filed beside it
Release from curse with birth of childCurse transferred to another person or thingCurse removed when victims reformCurse changed by God into blessingCurse on everybody on earth who listens to the fatal mentioning of trolls' names, is evaded by person in cave, because he is in the earthCurse mitigated by deity when superhuman task is performed
Travels with
Averting Evil Eye

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