Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson D1620 — Magic automata

D1620
Thompson motif reference
D
Magic
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Magic automata. Statues or images that act as if alive. (Cf. D1523.2.8.) **A. Chapuis and Ed. Gélis Le monde des automates (2 vols. Paris 1928); *E. Faral Recherches sur les sources latines des contes et romans courtois du moyen age (Paris, 1913) 328ff.; *M Hallauer Das wunderbare Element in den Chansons de Geste (Basel diss., 1918); *Dickson 193 n. 75, 197 n. 80; *Baum PMLA XXXIV 533; *Liebrecht 88; **Bruce Human Automata in Classical Tradition and Mediaeval Romance (MPh X 511); *Penzer III 56ff., 212 n. 1, IX 9 n., 149; *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 436 n. 41; Irish myth: *Cross.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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