μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • TahitiHenry 339.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of animal characteristics: body covering.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of tortoise's shell. (Cf. A2215.3, A2231.1.4, A2213.3, A2211.10.)Origin of snail's shellOrigin of dents in crab's shell
Filed beside it
Origin of animal's skinOrigin of bird's feathersOrigin of fish's scalesWhy certain animals are bare of covering

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