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.

  • CheremisSebeok-Nyerges.
Within the index

Filed under Food of birds.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Why owl eats no grainWhy owl drinks no water
Filed beside it
Food of cuckoo. (Cf. A2241.4.)Why crane suffers thirst. (Cf. A2231.2.1.)Why raven suffers thirst. (Cf. A2234.1.)Food of eagle. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 242 (fish)Food of buzzardFood of hawksFood of crow. Why crows peck at flesh of menFood of cockFood of jackdawFood of wren

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