Magic

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• Certain man must laugh in order for it to rain. (Cf. D1773.) D2143.1.11
• Arrival of saint brings rain to rainless land. D2143.1.12
• White elephant can make rain fall. D2143.1.13
• Drought produced by magic. (Cf. D2081, D2157.) D2143.2
• Church spared in flood because of prayers. D2143.2.1
• Magic spear stuck in earth dries up spring. D2143.2.2
• Fog produced by magic. D2143.3
• Heavy fog is at once dispelled by a saint. D2143.3.1
• Hail produced by magic. D2143.4
• Hail produced by whistling tune. (Cf. D1275.1, D1782.) D2143.4.1
• Frost produced by magic. D2143.5
• Old woman has control over frost. D2143.5.1
• Magic control of snow. (Cf. F686.) D2143.6
• Snow taken away by planting certain root. D2143.6.1
• Wall of snow around hut in answer to prayer. (Cf. D1766.1.) D2143.6.2
• Snow produced by magic. D2143.6.3
• Snow magically caused to melt (burn). D2143.6.4
• Snow magically caused to last. D2143.6.5
• Magic control of cold and heat. (Cf. D1592.) D2144
• Cold produced by magic. D2144.1
• Porcupine as controller of cold. (Cf. K896.1.) D2144.1.1
• Man with power to make everything freeze. Wears cap over ear. Should he wear it straight everything would freeze. D2144.1.2
• Contest of heat and cold. Magicians contest with each other in producing heat or cold that will overcome the other. D2144.2
• Heat produced by magic. (Cf. D2091.10, D2143.6.4.) D2144.3
• Cold water in winter made warm by a saint. D2144.3.1
• Burning by magic. (Cf. D2158.) D2144.4
• Person burned through magic wishing (curse). D2144.4.1
• Ice controlled by magic. D2144.5
• Ice produced by magic. D2144.5.1
• Ice melted by magic. D2144.5.2
• Magic control of seasons. D2145
• Winter magically produced. D2145.1
• Local winter. Winter produced in one place while it is summer everywhere else. D2145.1.1
• Summer produced by magic. D2145.2
• Summer magically lengthened. (Cf. F162.1.1, F971.5.) D2145.2.1
• Fruit magically grows in winter. D2145.2.2
• Vineyard in full fruit and blooming palm found in winter on the night of Christ's Nativity. (Cf. V211.1.) D2145.2.2.1
• Tree blooms out of season. D2145.2.2.2
• Magic control of day and night. (Cf. A725, D1546.) D2146
• Day controlled by magic. D2146.1
• Day magically lengthened. D2146.1.1
• Druid causes sun to stand still for two days. (Cf. D1719.1.1.) D2146.1.1.1
• Supernatural person (adulterer) causes sun to stand still for nine months. (Cf. T481.) D2146.1.1.2
• Day magically shortened. D2146.1.2
• Day produced by magic. D2146.1.3
• Night controlled by magic. D2146.2
• Night produced by magic. (Cf. F965.2.) D2146.2.1
• Night magically lengthened. D2146.2.2
• Night magically shortened. D2146.2.3
• Earth darkened because of Sun's defeat in race against Coyote. D2146.2.4
• Saint banishes night for a year. D2146.2.5
• Magic control of clouds. D2147
• Cloud magically made to cover sun. D2147.1
• Cloud magically appears. D2147.2
• A cloud evoked by a saint. D2147.3
• Earth magically caused to quake. D2148
• Angel causes earth to quake, releasing prisoners for saint. D2148.1
• Saint is able to produce earthquakes at will. D2148.2
• Stopping the eruption of a volcano by a saint. D2148.3
• Magic control of the elements – miscellaneous. D2149
• Thunderbolt magically produced. (Cf. D1713.) D2149.1
• Witch produces lightning. D2149.1.1
• Saint magically causes mountain to melt away. (Cf. D1713.) D2149.2
• Saint causes sun to come down and cook for him. D2149.3
• Magic control of gravitation. D2149.4
• Saint prevents rocks from falling. D2149.4.1
• Ring that has dropped into water rises to surface. D2149.4.2
• Rice paddies flooded or dried by toad's tears or laughter. D2149.5
• Magic control of heavenly bodies. (Cf. D2146.1.) D2149.6
• Magic control of rainbow. D2149.7
• Miscellaneous magical manifestations. D2150
• Magic control of waters. (Cf. D1242.1.) D2151
• Saint regulates temperature of waters. D2151.0.1
• Waters made to dry up. D2151.0.2
• Wall of water magically warded off. (Cf. D1549.3.1.) D2151.0.3
• Magic control of seas. (Cf. D911.) D2151.1
• Sea produced by magic. D2151.1.1
• Tide held back. (Cf. D1545.) D2151.1.2
• Tide held back by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V250.) D2151.1.2.1
• Tide held back by saint. (Cf. D1713, V220.) D2151.1.2.2
• Grave on shore rises with the tide. (Cf. D1641.8.) D2151.1.2.3
• Sea calmed by prayer. (Cf. D1766.1, D2151.3.) D2151.1.3
• Sea appears like flowery plain. (Cf. F931.3.1.) D2151.1.4
• Magic control of rivers. D2151.2
• Direction of river's flow magically reversed. D2151.2.1
• River with flow magically divided. (Part stands still, rest flows.) D2151.2.1.1
• Saint causes river to rise and overflow. D2151.2.2
• Rivers magically made dry. (Cf. D2165.2.) D2151.2.3
• Evil spirit holds back water. D2151.2.3.1
• Saint causes a river to freeze over in summer. D2151.2.4
• Stream magically appears. D2151.2.5
• River appears at prayer of desert travelers. D2151.2.5.1
• River magically widened. D2151.2.6
• Magic control of waves. (Cf. D911.1, D2151.1.3.) D2151.3
• Magic tidal wave. D2151.3.1
• Dashing waves do not touch saint. (Cf. D1388.) D2151.3.2
• Magic calming of whirlpool. D2151.4
• Magic control of pond (tank). D2151.5
• Water raised from tank by singing. (Cf. D1781.) D2151.5.1
• Water raised from tank by burying ring in it. D2151.5.1.1
• Pond magically dried up. D2151.5.2
• Magic control of wells (springs). (Cf. A941.5, D927, D1567, F933.) D2151.6
• Saint causes wells to fail. D2151.6.1
• Man makes all waters of spring flow into a small brass pot. D2151.6.2
• Magic control of lakes. (Cf. D921.) D2151.7
• Saint causes lake to dry up. D2151.7.1
• Magic flood. (Cf. D1542.3, D1549.3.1.) D2151.8
• Magic control of mountains. (Cf. D932.) D2152
• Magic leveling of mountain. D2152.1
• Magician able to cast mountains upon enemies. (Cf. D1711.) D2152.2
• Mountain magically blown away. D2152.3
• Magic heightening of mountain. D2152.4
• Mountain moved by saint. D2152.5
• Magic control of rocks. D2153
• Rock in sea created by magic. D2153.1
• Island created by magic. D2153.1.1
• Magic control over animals. (Cf. D2070.) D2156
• Magic power to make does give milk. (Cf. B188.) D2156.1
• Miraculous increasing of milk from one cow. (Cf. D1440.1, D2106.) D2156.2
• Cow supplies sufficient milk for the saint and all his disciples. D2156.2.1
• Saint forces a beast (leopard, wolf) to bring back stolen child (domestic animal) to his mother (owner). D2156.3
• Wild boar reprimanded about its maraudings by saint. The command is obeyed. D2156.4
• Vicious snakes easily controlled by saint. D2156.5
• Saint orders a serpent which had bitten a man to withdraw its venom. D2156.5.1
• Snakes expelled from human body by saint's intervention. D2156.5.2
• Saint destroys disastrous insects. D2156.6
• Saint orders the cicadas to sing the praises of God or be silent, because they disturb his preaching. D2156.7
• Wolf is forced by saint to be substitute for eaten calf. D2156.8
• Saint causes cuckoo to call in winter. D2156.9
• Horses (oxen) from sea put temporarily into man's service. D2156.10
• Saint kills lion with his slipper. D2156.11
• Magic control of soil and crops. D2157
• Land made magically fertile. (Cf. D1563, D2081, F349.4, F733.) D2157.1
• Saint scratches surface of earth with his spear and treasures of gold and silver are revealed. D2157.1.1
• Magic quick growth of crops. D2157.2
• Rice grows in single day. D2157.2.0.1
• Magic quick growth of saint's crops. D2157.2.1
• Saint causes wheat to ripen prematurely in the time of a famine. D2157.2.2
• Withered and dead trees suddenly blossom at saint's command. D2157.3
• Apple trees bear as result of saint's blessing. (Cf. D950, D981.1, F971.4.) D2157.3.1
• Tree regains life and verdure after treasure it hides in its roots is given away. D2157.3.2
• Miraculous speedy growth of a tree. D2157.4
• Poor soil transformed into lovely garden overnight. D2157.5
• Field cultivated and sowed by magic. D2157.6
• Magic control of fires. (Cf. D1271.) D2158
• Magic kindling of fire. (Cf. D1566.1.) D2158.1
• Fox produces fire by striking tail to ground. D2158.1.1
• Saint sets fire to stone. D2158.1.2
• Fire obeys the saints. D2158.1.3
• Control of conflagrations by a saint personally or by his relics. D2158.1.3.1
• Fire turns aside and refuses to catch hold of holy garments, wooden altars and similar sacred things. D2158.1.3.2
• Magician opens his eyes and forest burns for twenty-four miles in front of him. D2158.1.4
• Saint creates fire unnaturally when needed. D2158.1.5
• Saint kindles her lamp or candle without using fire. D2158.1.5.1
• Cooking and baking done without fire. D2158.1.5.2
• Magic extinguishing of fires. (Cf. D1656, Q492.) D2158.2
• Magic healing power. D2161
• Magic cure for specific diseases. (Cf. D2161.5.2.5, D2161.5.2.6.) D2161.1
• Magic cure of leprosy. (Cf. D1502.4.) D2161.1.1
• Magic cure for fever. (Cf. D1502.3.) D2161.1.2
• Woman's labor pains magically eased. D2161.1.3
• Magic cure of wound. (Cf. D1503.) D2161.2
• Steaks cut from live cow who heals herself by magic. D2161.2.1
• Flow of blood magically stopped. (Cf. D1504.) D2161.2.2
• Magic cure of burns. D2161.2.3
• Magic cure of physical defect. D2161.3
• Blindness magically cured. (Cf. D1505.) D2161.3.1
• Eyes torn out magically replaced. D2161.3.1.1
• Magic restoration of severed hand. D2161.3.2
• Magic cure of broken limbs. D2161.3.3
• Witch burns her child's legs for wood, then covers child with sheet and child is whole. D2161.3.3.1
• Baldness magically cured. D2161.3.4
• Feathered skin magically grafted to bald head. D2161.3.4.1
• Deafness magically cured. D2161.3.5
• Dumbness magically cured. (Cf. D2020.) D2161.3.6
• Magic restoration of cut-out tongue. D2161.3.6.1
• Lameness magically cured. D2161.3.7
• Lame animal magically cured. D2161.3.7.1
• Insanity magically cured. (Cf. D2065.) D2161.3.8
• Remedy for epilepsy. D2161.3.8.1
• Bad breath magically cured. D2161.3.9
• Sterility magically cured. D2161.3.10
• Barrenness magically cured. (Cf. D1347.2, D1501.1, D1925.1.) D2161.3.11
• Methods of magic cure. D2161.4
• Cure after following instructions received from saint in dream. D2161.4.0.1
• Cure by transferring disease to animal. (Cf. D1500.3.) D2161.4.1
• Disease transferred to object. D2161.4.2
• Ghost transfers boil to a post. D2161.4.2.1
• Saint transfers disease to his bell (bachall). (Cf. D1500.3.2, D2161.5.1.) D2161.4.2.2
• Saint transfers thorn in foot to rock. D2161.4.2.3
• Disease transferred to tree. D2161.4.2.4
• Cure by passing through earth at crossroads. D2161.4.3
• Person cured by repairing image that has same deformity. D2161.4.4
• Cure by passing patient through cleft of tree (other loop). (Cf. F950.3.) D2161.4.5
• Animal buried alive to cure disease. D2161.4.6
• Animal burned to cure disease. Especially for disease among animals. D2161.4.7
• Cure by burning grain where man has died. (Cf. D1787.) Or where he is buried. D2161.4.8
• Baptism as magic cure. (Cf. V81.) D2161.4.9
• Other religious ceremony as magic cure. Sign of cross, prayer, etc. D2161.4.9.1
• Disease cured by same thing (person) that caused it. D2161.4.10