μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 280 n. 35.
  • general Araucanian: Alexander Lat. Am. 330
Within the index

Filed under Pair of culture heroes.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Twin culture heroes. (Cf. A511.1.2.1.) Sworn brothers as culture heroes
Filed beside it
Father and son as culture heroes Culture hero has blood brother Culture hero has faithful attendant Culture hero fights with (encounters) son without recognizing him
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Stretching objects Special kinds of sky-rope Tree to upper world

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