μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Plants from body of slain person or animal.

1 finer motif beneath it
Grass from hair of slain person
Filed beside it
Plants from grave of dead person or animalPlants from foetus or body of stillborn childHuman placenta transformed into plantParts of body of god transformed into plantsParts of human or animal body transformed into plantsCorn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.)Tobacco from grave of bad womanCoconut tree from head of slain monsterPepper plant from body of slain person. (Cf. A2686.3.)Mandrake from blood of person hanged on gallows. (Cf. A2664.)Origin of rue: from drops of Christ's blood

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