Magic

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• Druid interprets prophetic dream. (Cf. D1711.4, D1812.3.3.5.) D1812.3.3.0.1
• Poets interpret dreams. (Cf. P427.7.) D1812.3.3.0.2
• Dream interpreter corrects dream. D1812.3.3.0.3
• Truest dreams at daybreak. D1812.3.3.1
• Fortune-telling dream induced by sleeping in extraordinary place (position). D1812.3.3.2
• Prophetic dream induced by incantation. (Cf. D1799.3.) D1812.3.3.3
• Prophetic dream loses force after a year. D1812.3.3.4
• Prophetic dream allegorical. (Cf. D1812.3.3.0.1., V515.) D1812.3.3.5
• Allegorical dream: ripe and unripe ears, fat and lean kine. D1812.3.3.5.1
• Prophetic dream induced by eating meat of bull. D1812.3.3.6
• Eve in vision sees Cain drink Abel's blood. D1812.3.3.7
• Dream by a (pregnant) woman about fate of her unborn child. D1812.3.3.8
• Future husband (wife) revealed in dream. D1812.3.3.9
• Dream interpreted by opposites. D1812.3.3.10
• Death of another revealed in dream. D1812.3.3.11
• Future revealed by presentiment: "knowledge within". D1812.4
• Woman cries out on beholding man her unborn child is destined to slay. (Cf. T575.1.) D1812.4.1
• Future learned through omens. D1812.5
• Omens from sneezing. D1812.5.0.1
• Omens from flight of birds. D1812.5.0.2
• Behavior of fire as omen. D1812.5.0.3
• Rising smoke as omen. D1812.5.0.4
• Divination from rising smoke. D1812.5.0.4.1
• Haruspices: divination by condition of animal's liver. D1812.5.0.5
• Divination by throwing objects into water. If they swim the omen is bad; if not, good. D1812.5.0.6
• Divination from first person (thing) met. D1812.5.0.7
• First to partake of certain feast will be first to disobey the king (etc.). D1812.5.0.7.1
• Saint declares that first man to come to certain place shall be his successor. Young cleric comes and is chosen. D1812.5.0.7.2
• Prognostications from day of week on which first day of year falls. (Cf. D1812.5.0.16.) D1812.5.0.7.3
• Divination from animal fight. D1812.5.0.8
• Auguries from movement of animal. (Cf. B563.) D1812.5.0.8.1
• Divination from howling of dog. (Cf. D1812.5.1.12.1.) D1812.5.0.9
• Divination from clouds. (Cf. D1812.5.1.11.) D1812.5.0.10
• Divination from sound of voice. D1812.5.0.11
• Divination from sound of chariot wheels. D1812.5.0.12
• Magic manifestation as omen. D1812.5.0.13
• Stone changes from red to green as auspicious sign. (Cf. D1293.1, D1293.2, D1317.12.) D1812.5.0.14
• Weather signs. D1812.5.0.15
• Divination from wind. D1812.5.0.15.1
• Prognostications for year from winds blowing on January 1. (Cf. D1812.5.0.7.3.) D1812.5.0.16
• Divination by choice of roads: which son to be born first. D1812.5.0.17
• Bad omens. D1812.5.1
• Prodigy as evil omen. D1812.5.1.1
• Tears of blood as evil omen. D1812.5.1.1.1
• Two drops of blood in book mean that two have been killed. D1812.5.1.1.2
• Blood (in dream) as omen of killing. D1812.5.1.1.3
• Wave of blood as sign of death. (Cf. D1003, E761.1.1.) D1812.5.1.1.4
• Drops of blood presage slaughter. D1812.5.1.1.5
• Washers at the ford. Appearance of female figure washing bloody armor, chariot cushions, or human limb (at ford) as sign of coming disaster in battle. (Cf. A485.1, E761.1, M301.6.1, Z129.2.2.) D1812.5.1.1.6
• Bad dream as evil omen. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1813.1.) D1812.5.1.2
• Vision as evil omen. D1812.5.1.2.1
• Breaking mirror as evil omen. D1812.5.1.3
• Eclipse as evil omen. (Cf. F961.1, F965.2.) D1812.5.1.4
• Moon furnishes omen. D1812.5.1.5
• New moon with old moon in her arm a sign of storm. D1812.5.1.5.1
• Red or pale moon an evil omen. D1812.5.1.5.2
• Stars furnish omens. D1812.5.1.6
• Sirius as bad omen. D1812.5.1.6.1
• Meeting certain persons (animals) a bad omen. D1812.5.1.7
• Bad omen: greeting one before dawn. D1812.5.1.7.1
• Bad omen for two bridal processions to meet. D1812.5.1.8
• Sight of mermaid bad omen. D1812.5.1.9
• Sight of phantom ship a bad omen. D1812.5.1.10
• Red (gray, etc.) clouds as evil omens. (Cf. D1812.5.0.10.) D1812.5.1.11
• Animal behavior as bad omen. D1812.5.1.12
• Howling of dog as bad omen. (Cf. D1812.5.0.9.) D1812.5.1.12.1
• Bird calls as evil omen. D1812.5.1.12.2
• Spider dropping on person's back as ill omen. D1812.5.1.12.3
• Mice gnawing garments as bad omen. D1812.5.1.12.4
• Fairy music as evil omen. D1812.5.1.13
• Holy man's fall from horse a bad omen. D1812.5.1.14
• Hailstorm as bad omen. D1812.5.1.15
• Dry river bed as bad omen. D1812.5.1.16
• Dry river bed as omen of approaching death. (Cf. D1812.0.1.1.) D1812.5.1.16.1
• Spectre as evil omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.1.6.) D1812.5.1.17
• Spirit host fighting in air as evil omen. D1812.5.1.17.1
• Clashing shields in heavens as evil omen. D1812.5.1.17.2
• Roaring of shields as evil omen. D1812.5.1.17.3
• Snow on house omen of approaching death. (Cf. D1812.0.1.) D1812.5.1.18
• Plague as bad omen. D1812.5.1.19
• Withering of tree as bad omen. D1812.5.1.20
• Forgetting leashes of hounds as bad omen. D1812.5.1.21
• Bad omen: seeing unusual sight on road home. D1812.5.1.22
• Man killed by accident when ship is pushed into the sea taken as an evil omen. D1812.5.1.23
• Roaring of waves augurs danger to king. (Cf. D911.1, D1812.5.2.7.) D1812.5.1.24
• Falling of shields as evil omen. (Cf. D1101.1.) D1812.5.1.25
• Falling of book satchels as evil omen. (Cf. D1266, D1641.11.1.) D1812.5.1.26
• Croaking of raven as bad omen. D1812.5.1.27
• Hooting of owl a bad omen. D1812.5.1.27.1
• Stirrup leather breaking as bad omen. D1812.5.1.28
• Evil omen: scavenger carrying headload of wood. D1812.5.1.29
• Place of bad omen. D1812.5.1.30
• Stumping toe a bad omen. D1812.5.1.31
• Favorable omens. D1812.5.2
• Throbbing of right eye as favorable omen. D1812.5.2.1
• Meeting certain person (animal) a good omen. D1812.5.2.2
• Good omen: meeting old woman with pot of newly drawn water. D1812.5.2.2.1
• Hearing thunder on setting forth a good omen. D1812.5.2.3
• Bird of prey catching quarry a good omen. D1812.5.2.4
• Hearing bird cry a good omen. D1812.5.2.5
• Hearing cuckoo call a good omen. D1812.5.2.5.1
• Hearing heron's cry a good omen. D1812.5.2.5.2
• Shooting star as good omen. (Cf. D1761.1.1.) D1812.5.2.6
• Roaring wave augurs luck. (Cf. D911.1, D1812.5.1.24, F931.4.) D1812.5.2.7
• Omen at laying foundation of building. D1812.5.2.8
• King who finds golden bow and arrow (spindle) knows an heir will be born to him. D1812.5.2.9
• Black dog as good omen. D1812.5.2.10
• Spider dropping on one's front a good omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.12.3.) D1812.5.2.11
• Power of prophecy lost. (Cf. D1741.) D1812.6
• Power of prophecy lost by spitting. When possessor of power on request spits into mouth of man who has taught him, he loses the power. D1812.6.1
• Magic knowledge of events in distant place. D1813
• Bear knows if person looks at his track. D1813.0.1
• Fairy has knowledge of how mortals fare. (Cf. D1810.0.4.) D1813.0.2
• Father feels that son is in danger. (Cf. D1812.0.4, D1812.5.1.1.4.) D1813.0.3
• Father knows of son's death from far away. D1813.0.3.1
• Dream shows events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) D1813.1
• Dream warns emperor of wife's unfaithfulness. D1813.1.1
• Dream warns king of error in judgment. D1813.1.2
• Dream warns king of danger to kingdom. D1813.1.3
• Dream reveals death of brother. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) D1813.1.4
• Dream reveals to girl death of her lover. D1813.1.5
• Dream shows others in danger. D1813.1.6
• Pursuit revealed by magic. D1813.2
• "Knowledge tooth" reveals events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.3.) D1813.3
• Fugitives' way revealed by magic. D1813.4
• Magic advice. D1814
• Advice from magician (fortune-teller, etc.). (Cf. D1711, D1810.0.2, D1817.) D1814.1
• Wizard shows man likeness of cock which will win fight. D1814.1.1
• Advice from dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) D1814.2
• Advice from God (or gods). D1814.3
• Magic knowledge of strange tongues. D1815
• Gift of tongues received from ghosts. D1815.0.1
• Knowledge of ghost language. D1815.1
• Magic knowledge of language of animals. D1815.2
• Magic knowledge of demon language. D1815.3
• Magic knowledge of tree language. D1815.4
• Magic knowledge of vegetable language. D1815.5
• Magic knowledge of language of valleys. D1815.6
• Magic discovery of desired place. (Cf. D1314.) D1816
• Location of fountain revealed in dream. (Cf. D925, D925.1, D1731.) D1816.1
• Lost object discovered by magic. D1816.2
• Lost object found by throwing spade at ghost. Where spade sticks one will find the lost object. D1816.2.1
• Location of fort determined by reading in book. D1816.3
• Location of buried object (body) magically revealed. D1816.4
• Location of corpse of drowned person detected by magic. D1816.4.1
• Druid divines whereabouts of missing person. (Cf. D1711.4.) D1816.5
• Druid by magic discovers whereabouts of abducted wife. (Cf. F322.2.) D1816.5.1
• Magic discovery of place for (church) building. D1816.6
• Magic detection of crime. (Cf. D1318.) D1817
• Magic detection of theft. D1817.0.1
• Witch (wizard) reveals name of thief. D1817.0.1.1
• Wizard tells location of stolen property. D1817.0.1.2
• Wizard compels thief to return stolen property. D1817.0.1.3
• Wizard compels thief to deliver stolen property in person to the owner. D1817.0.1.3.1
• Wizard shows form or shadow or picture of thief. (Cf. D1323.1, D1821.3.7.1.) D1817.0.1.4
• Wizard detects thieves by placing leaf from Bible under doorstep. The guilty ones stumble over doorstep. D1817.0.1.5
• Wizard detects thief by trance. D1817.0.1.6
• Magic detection of poison. (Cf. D1317.0.1.) D1817.0.2
• Magic detection of murder. D1817.0.3
• Magic detection of conspiracy. D1817.0.4
• Magic detection of sin. D1817.0.5
• Druids magically detect crime. D1817.1
• Saints magically detect crime. D1817.2
• Dream reveals sin to saint. (Cf. D1810.8.) D1817.2.1
• Saint magically compels thief to return goods. D1817.2.2
• Detection of crime through "knowledge tooth". (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) D1817.3
• Magic remedy learned by magic. (Cf. D1500.) D1818
• Magic knowledge – miscellaneous. D1819
• Magic knowledge of another's thoughts. D1819.1
• Chief reads visitor's thoughts. D1819.1.1
• Deception revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) D1819.2
• Magic knowledge enables man to identify headless body. D1819.3
• Learning to read by magic. D1819.4
• Man enabled to read baptismal service by washing in holy water. D1819.4.1
• Alphabet written on cake learned by eating it. D1819.4.2
• Identity of grave revealed by magic. D1819.5
• Identity of singers revealed by magic. D1819.6
• Man is able to tell king dream which king himself does not remember. D1819.7
• Magic knowledge of unborn calf. D1819.8
• Magic sight and hearing. (Cf. D1331.) D1820
• Magic sight of saints. (Cf. D1810.0.3, V220.) D1820.1
• Magic sight of blind holy man. D1820.1.1
• Saint gives king power of long distance sight. D1820.2
• Saint blesses brothers' eyes so that they see heaven. D1820.3
• Means of acquiring magic sight. D1821
• Magic sight by treading on another's foot. D1821.1
• Magic sight from thumb of knowledge. Man cooks magic animal and burns thumb. When he puts thumb into mouth he has magic sight. (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) D1821.2
• Magic sight by looking in certain place. D1821.3
• Magic sight by looking under arm. D1821.3.1
• Magic sight by looking over right shoulder. D1821.3.2
• Magic sight by looking under one's legs. D1821.3.3
• Magic sight by looking between dog's ears. D1821.3.4
• Magic sight by looking through ring. (Cf. D1076.) D1821.3.5
• One becomes ghost-seer after looking through hole in coffin. D1821.3.5.1
• Magic sight by looking through keyhole. D1821.3.6
• Magic sight by looking at shining object. D1821.3.7
• Magic sight by looking into glass of water. D1821.3.7.1
• Magic sight by looking at polished fingernail. D1821.3.7.2
• Crystal-gazing. Clairvoyance by looking into crystal. D1821.3.7.3
• Magic sight by looking at polished sword-blade. D1821.3.7.4