μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Swallows put on mourning at crucifixion: have never taken it off.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as reward. · view the constellation · filed as A2221.2.4.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 37 No. *243.
Within the index

Filed under Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.)

Filed beside it
Crossbill, attempting to draw thorn from the crown of thorns, twists bill in the attempt
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Color of swallow. (Cf. A2218, A2219.1, A2221.2.4.1.)

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