Magic

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• Magic sight by looking at shoulder-bone of sheep. D1821.3.8
• Magic sight by looking in the hollow of one's hand. D1821.3.9
• Magic sight by looking through feather. D1821.3.10
• Magic sight by putting ointment into eye. (Cf. D1244.) D1821.4
• Magic sight by standing on certain stone. D1821.5
• Magic sight given to abandoned child. D1821.6
• Deaf and dumb man can see soul taken to happiness or punishment. D1821.7
• Possession by spirit of dead person gives second sight. D1821.8
• Magic sight by turning clothes inside out. D1821.9
• Magic sight by standing alone for three days. D1821.10
• Magic sight gift of grateful animals. D1821.11
• Loss of magic sight. (Cf. D1741.) D1822
• Magic sight overcome by incantation. (Cf. D1273.) D1822.1
• Kinds of magic sight. D1825
• Second sight. Power to see future happenings. (Cf. D1812.) D1825.1
• Magic view of future lover. D1825.1.2
• Magic power to see distant objects. (Cf. D1813.3, D1817.0.1, D1825.5.) D1825.2
• Magic sight of earthly objects from otherworld. D1825.2.1
• Magic power to see whole country at once. D1825.2.2
• Magic power to see invisible creatures. D1825.3
• Magic power of seeing Death at head or foot of bed and thus forecasting progress of sickness. D1825.3.1
• Man sees angels over the heads of the good and black stars over the bad. D1825.3.2
• Magic sight: ability to see the soul (astral body). D1825.3.3
• Magic power to see souls after death. D1825.3.3.1
• Magic power to see soul leaving body. D1825.3.3.2
• Ability to see heavenly beings. D1825.3.4
• Ability to see angel of God. D1825.3.4.1
• Ability to see messengers of Pluto. D1825.3.4.2
• Magic power to see concealed things. (Cf. D1817.) D1825.4
• Magic power of seeing things underground. D1825.4.1
• Magic power to see whether girl is virgin. D1825.4.2
• Magic power to see lost things. D1825.4.3
• Prophet locates lost child. D1825.4.3.1
• Magic power to see death circumstances of absent person. D1825.5
• Magic power to "see" who will die during coming year. D1825.6
• Magic sight of incident before it actually happens. D1825.7
• Person sees phantom funeral procession some time before the actual procession takes place. D1825.7.1
• What religious ascetic sees as gold, ordinary people see as scorpions. D1825.8
• Witches have power to see distant sights. D1825.9
• Magic hearing. D1827
• Magic hearing of noises which portend death. (Cf. D1812.) D1827.1
• Listening at church door on Halloween to hear the names of those to die in the coming year. (Cf. D1825.6.) D1827.1.1
• Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral. D1827.1.2
• Noise warns of approaching death. D1827.1.3
• Sounds heard from distance at time of death. D1827.1.4
• Person hears call for aid from great distance. D1827.2
• Magic strength. (Cf. D1335.) D1830
• Man's strength made equal to that of angel. D1830.1
• Magic strength resides in hair. (Cf. D991.) D1831
• Saint binds devil with one of the hairs of her head. D1831.1
• Magic strength resides in beard. D1831.2
• Magic strength resides in semen. (Cf. T541.10.) D1831.3
• Magic strength by bathing. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1832
• Magic strength by touching earth. D1833
• Magic strength from helpful animal. D1834
• Other means of acquiring magic strength. D1835
• Magic strength acquired by looking at necklace. D1835.1
• Magic strength given horse by combing hair right way and wrong way. D1835.2
• Magic strength by stroking. D1835.3
• Magic strength obtained by wearing blue ribbon. D1835.4
• Magic strength results from songs. (Cf. D1781.) D1835.5
• Magic strength from demon. D1835.6
• Magic waxing and waning of strength. It waxes till noon and wanes thereafter. D1836
• Ghost's strength waxes and wanes with height of fire. D1836.1
• Strength wanes at particular places. D1836.2
• Magic waxing of strength at night. D1836.3
• Magic weakness. D1837
• Magic weakness during certain period. D1837.1
• Magic weakness for five days each year. (Cf. D1837.3.) D1837.1.1
• Magic weakness never entirely removed. D1837.2
• Magic weakness as result of fairy's (goddess's) curse. (Cf. D1837.1.1.) D1837.3
• Snake becomes powerless when his path is crossed by a pregnant woman. D1837.4
• Magic weakness from eating sender's food. D1837.5
• Magic invulnerability. D1840
• Magic invulnerability of saints. (Cf. Q162, V228.) D1840.1
• Magic invulnerability of saint enables him to break poisonous snakes in bare hands. D1840.1.1
• Saint invulnerable to poison. D1840.1.2
• Poisoned drink or food made harmless by saint's blessing. D1840.1.2.1
• St. Cecilia withstands three blows of beheading sword and lives three days after. D1840.1.3
• Magic invulnerability of animals. D1840.2
• Invulnerable cat. D1840.2.1
• Invulnerable stag. D1840.2.2
• Magic invulnerability of ogres. D1840.3
• Invulnerability from certain things. D1841
• Man proof against iron, stone, and wood. D1841.1
• Man proof against boiling water. D1841.2
• Saint kept in boiling water for three days shows no signs of discomfort. D1841.2.1
• Bath in boiling oil, pitch, or melted lead does not hurt a saint. D1841.2.2
• Saint placed in boiling oil but uninjured. D1841.2.2.1
• Burning magically evaded. (Cf. D1656.) D1841.3
• Magic animal proof against burning. D1841.3.1
• Fire does not injure a saint. D1841.3.2
• Fiery furnace as a mean of torture for a saint remains ineffective. D1841.3.2.1
• Saint walks through glowing coals without harm. D1841.3.2.2
• Red hot iron carried with the bare hands without harm to the saint. D1841.3.2.3
• Saint carries fire in hand to warm guests. D1841.3.2.3.1
• Holy maidens carry glowing embers in their chasubles without being burned. D1841.3.2.4
• Sacred book or manuscript does not burn in fire. D1841.3.3
• Man proof against wet. (Cf. D1524.1, D1540, D1551, D2125, D2151.) D1841.4
• Man proof against wet from rain. D1841.4.1
• Person proof against wet from snow. D1841.4.2
• Walking upon water without wetting the soles or garments. D1841.4.3
• The waters of seas, lakes, and streams turn aside and let the holy man walk through untouched by moisture. (Cf. D1551.) D1841.4.3.1
• Stones cast in the ocean keep dry. D1841.4.3.2
• Rain or snow avoids certain places according to the desire of a saint or monk. D1841.4.4
• Whale husband makes wife's eyes impervious to sea water. D1841.4.5
• Invulnerability from weapons. D1841.5
• Man proof against weapons. D1841.5.1
• Invulnerability from hurled stones. D1841.5.1.1
• Magic animal proof against weapons. D1841.5.2
• Axe will not cut man, however much he strikes himself. D1841.5.3
• Immunity from drowning. (Cf. F222.1.1.) D1841.6
• Magic animal proof against drowning. D1841.6.1
• Magic animal proof against hound. D1841.7
• Man proof against poison. (Cf. D1840.1.2.) D1841.8
• Invulnerability from demons. D1841.9
• Invulnerability for limited time. D1845
• Invulnerability for single day. D1845.1
• Invulnerability only when dressed in certain clothes. (Cf. D1344.) D1845.2
• Attainment of invulnerability. (Cf. D1840.) D1846
• Invulnerability by being burned and anointed with magic ointments. (Cf. D1244.) D1846.1
• Invulnerability bestowed by many-headed monster. (Cf. B15.1.2.) D1846.2
• Magic horse renders rider invulnerable. (Cf. B184.1.11.) D1846.3
• Invulnerability through bathing in dragon's blood. D1846.4
• Attainment of invulnerability through magic bath. D1846.4.1
• Invulnerability bestowed by saint. (Cf. V220.) D1846.5
• Invulnerability by invoking saint. D1846.5.1
• Pious man in city renders it invulnerable. D1846.5.2
• Man killed and restored as invulnerable. D1846.6
• Loss of invulnerability. D1847
• Invulnerability lost if man forgets sweetheart. D1847.1
• Immortality. (Cf. D1346.) D1850
• Immortality useless without eternal youth. D1850.1
• Woman changes into an immortal. D1850.2
• Immortality bestowed. D1851
• Immortality by burning. D1851.1
• Immortality gained from bargain with Death. D1851.2
• Immortality bestowed by saint. (Cf. V220.) D1851.3
• Immortality bestowed by Christ. (Cf. V211.) D1851.4
• Immortality bestowed by deity. D1851.5
• Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die. D1853
• Immortality exchanged for death on alternate days. D1853.1
• Giant immortal so long as he touches land of his birth. D1854
• Time of death postponed. (Cf. D1345, D1857.) D1855
• Witch delays person's death. D1855.1
• Death postponed if substitute can be found. D1855.2
• Saint delays person's death. (Cf. V220.) D1855.3
• Death can be postponed if man does not break tabu for forty days. D1855.4
• Life prolonged a thousand years by traveling six months each year. D1855.5
• Death postponed for three generations. D1855.6
• Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying. D1856
• Hero (saint) taken to Paradise (Heaven) alive. D1856.1
• "The Two Sorrows of the Kingdom of Heaven": Elijah and Enoch pass to otherworld without dying. D1856.1.1
• Three Nephites are granted quasi-immortal state by Jesus Christ at time of resurrection. (Cf. V294.) D1856.2
• Magic longevity. D1857
• Old woman has lived for ages. D1857.1
• Two hundred years of unfailing life and happiness offered to warrior by fairy woman in exchange for one day's delay of battle. D1857.2
• Magic beautification. D1860
• Magic beautification of fairy. (Cf. D732, F234.) D1860.0.1
• Magic beauty bestowed. D1862
• Magic beauty bestowed by supernatural wife. D1862.1
• Magic beauty bestowed by saint. D1862.2
• Beautification by stroking (tapping). D1863
• Magic beautification through prayer by saint. (Cf. D1766.1.) D1864
• Beautification by death and resuscitation. D1865
• Beautification by decapitation and replacement of head. D1865.1
• Beautification by boiling and resuscitation. D1865.2
• Girl becomes more beautiful as she is burned but her brother, who loves her incestuously, turns to charcoal. D1865.2.1
• Face of pious girl becomes angelic at death. D1865.3
• Other means of beautification. D1866
• Beautification by bathing. D1866.1
• Beautification by removal of skin. (Cf. D1889.6.) D1866.2
• Beautification by fasting. D1866.3
• Magic beautification of house. D1867
• Hut becomes mansion. D1867.1
• Magic beautification of animal. D1868
• Broken-down nag becomes magnificent riding horse. D1868.1
• Magic hideousness. (Cf. D1337, D1860, M400.) D1870
• Girl magically made hideous. D1871
• Man made hideous. D1872
• Handsome man magically made ugly. D1872.1
• Object magically made hideous. D1873
• Picture magically made hideous. D1873.1
• Magic rejuvenation. D1880
• Magic self-rejuvenation. D1881
• Rejuvenation by supernatural person. D1882
• Rejuvenation by saint. D1882.1
• Rejuvenation by fairy. D1882.2
• Eternal youth. (Cf. F167.9, F172.) D1883
• Rejuvenation by dismemberment. (Cf. D1885.1.) D1884
• Rejuvenation by boiling. (Cf. D1865.) D1885
• Rejuvenation by dismemberment and boiling. (Cf. D1884.) D1885.1
• Rejuvenation by burning. D1886
• Rejuvenation by burning and throwing bones into tub of milk. (Cf. D1338.4.) D1886.1
• Rejuvenation by bathing. D1887
• Miscellaneous means of rejuvenation. D1889
• Rejuvenation by reading in book. (Cf. D1266.) D1889.1
• Rejuvenation by looking into mirror. (Cf. D1163.) D1889.2
• Rejuvenation by song of pelican. (Cf. D1275.) D1889.3
• Rejuvenation by smelling apple. (Cf. D981.1, D1338.3.1.) D1889.4