SourceCanna’s Stone
A stone chair used in a healing legend alongside the water of Canna’s well.
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SourceCaridwen’s Cauldron of Inspiration
The year-long preparation that concentrates its power into three drops.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 editionSourceCarn Cabal’s Returning Stone
A stone marked by Arthur’s dog that cannot be permanently removed from its heap.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
SourceDeath-Stone
The haunted stone on Nasu moor that contains a fox spirit in Davis's retelling.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceFairy Money
A fairy gift whose value or continued arrival depends on secrecy.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Golden Lotus
The eight-petalled flower formed from a dragon's jaws at the end of Davis's Golden Lotus legend.
Buddhist legend, Davis retellingSourceGrass-Cleaving Sword
The sword given to Yamato that cuts a path through burning grass.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceInexhaustible Rice Bag
The miraculous gift associated with Hidesato's title My Lord Bag of Rice in Davis's tale.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retellingSourceMaen Morddwyd
The Thigh Stone, which returns to its own valley despite attempts to remove it.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
SourceMargaret’s gifted jewels
The ornaments given to Margaret in Faust, circulating in secret after an earlier gift was surrendered to the priest.
Goethe’s Faust, Part OneSourceMorgan’s Magic Harp
A fairy gift that grants music to an unskilled player and compels listeners to dance.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Pushpaka
The self-moving aerial car that carries Rama and his company towards Ayodhya.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceRhiannon’s Unfillable Bag
The small bag that turns Gwawl’s claim into a trap.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 editionSourceRobe of Feathers
The garment that enables the celestial maiden in Davis's Robe of Feathers tale to dance and return to her lunar home.
Japanese celestial-maiden tale, Davis retelling
Shiva’s Bow
The immense inherited bow whose breaking establishes Rama’s marriage to Sita.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
SourceSilver Apple Branch
An Otherworld token whose music brings sleep and delight.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceTamate-Bako
Otohime's forbidden keepsake, opened by Urashima after returning from the Sea King's realm.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceThe Cauldron of Renovation
The vessel that returns slain warriors to life while withholding their speech.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 editionSourceThe Head of Bendigeid Vran
The severed head that accompanies the survivors’ feasts before its protective burial.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 editionSourceThe Spirit of the Woman’s Sword
A luminous apparition leads fishermen to an abandoned sword, whose recovery resolves a coastal disturbance in Davis’s tale.
Japanese legends in F. Hadland Davis’s English retellings (1912)
The sword of Welleran
The preserved curved blade that passes from heroic relic to Rold’s weapon, then becomes the focus of his horror at war.
Lord Dunsany, The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories; London: George Allen & Sons, 1908 title page
SourceThe Three Golden Gifts
The apple, carding-comb and spinning-wheel that the girl trades for three nights of access to the prince.
Norwegian fairy tales: Old Tales from the NorthSourceTide Jewels
The paired jewels given to Hoori by the Sea God, said in the story to govern the rising and falling tide.
Japanese mythology, Davis retellingSourceTreasure Ship
The New Year vessel of the Gods of Luck and its fortunate cargo.
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