Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson D1711 — Magician

D1711
Thompson motif reference
D
Magic
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Magician. (Cf. D1721.) *Type 325; Dickson 121 n. 64; *Finnur Jуnsson "Um galdra, seieth, seiethmenn og völur," thyjár ritgjörethir (København, 1892) 5—28; *Seligmann 6f.; *Penzer IV 39 n. 1, 46ff.; *Fb "klog mand" II 187; Malone PMLA XLIII 400.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 299, *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 57ff. Nos. 128—159; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 50ff. Nos. 90—119; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 162.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

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

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