μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Culture hero as dupe or trickster.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Nature of the culture hero (demigod). · view the constellation · filed as A521

Filed across the traditions
  • Celtic MacCulloch Celtic 30
  • Irish myth Cross. S. Am. Indian (Yunca, Peru): Alexander Lat. Am. 229, (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 294 n. 78
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 20
  • New Hebrides Codrington 152–166
  • African Werner African 213.
Within the index

Filed under Nature of the culture hero (demigod).

Filed beside it
Gods as culture heroes Animal as culture hero Giant as culture hero Extraordinary possessions of culture hero Good and bad culture heroes Physical characteristics of culture hero (demigod) Special powers of culture hero Culture hero has supernatural helpers

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