μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Wise serpent. (Cf. B161–165, B176.)

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Wise animals. · view the constellation · filed as B123.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Arabian Burton III 145, V 305, 328, 390
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Scott Thumb 173. – Hebrew: Genesis 3:1
Within the index

Filed under Wise reptile.

1 finer motif beneath it
Serpent's wisdom from eating from tree of knowledge
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Wisdom from serpent

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