μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 11references

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.

  • Icel.Gering-Symons Edda-Kommentar II 226
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 67
  • AfricaFrobenius Atlantis III 244, IV 56
  • Am. Negro (Georgia)Harris Remus 107 No. 22, Nights 118 No. 22
  • S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 142.
  • general *BP II 534. Irish myth: Cross
  • general Greek Grote I 105
  • general Völsunga saga ch. 19–20 (19)
  • general English and Germanic: Wimberly Folklore in Ballads 44ff. – India: *Thompson-Balys
  • general Tibet: Schiefner-Ralston Tibetan Tales 129
Within the index

Filed under Bird with magic wisdom. (Cf. A1904, B130, B211.3.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
Birds tell a secretBird reveals druidic secrets
Filed beside it
Wise magpieWise golden peacockWise owlProphesying parrotWise eagle (in Yggdrasil)Birds as reporters of sights and sounds. Sit on Odin's shoulder and report what they see and hearBird can recite sacred writingsBird announces time for sunrise and sunsetWise mother eagle distinguishes between stupid and intelligent eagletsBird summarizes historyCock helper advises of coming enemyParrot scout sent to enemy camp to ascertain strength

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