μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • MarquesasHandy 12, 103
  • HawaiiBeckwith Myth 115, 121, 216
  • general S. Am. Indian (Ashlushlay): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367, (Tapirape): Wagley-Galvao ibid. (3) 178, (Munderucú): Horton ibid. (3) 294, (Warrau, Chiriguano): *Métraux RMLP XXXIII 129.
Within the index

Filed under Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner.

Filed beside it
Fire witheld from men as punishmentFire stolen in hollow reedTheft of fire by animalsTheft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fireVain attempts to circumvent theft of fire

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