μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • EnglishChild No. 43
  • Icel.*Boberg
  • Irish mythCross
  • LithuanianLeskien-Brugmann 359ff.
  • Russianv. Löwis of Menar Russische Märchen 13, Rambaud La Russie épique 49
  • PersianNöldeke Das iranische Volksepos 58
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière.
Within the index

Filed under Truth-speaking horse.

Filed beside it
Truth-telling ass (mule)Horse reveals treachery. (Cf. B131.2.)Speaking horse-head. The helpful magic horse (B181) is killed (B330). The head is preserved and placed on the wall. It speaks and reveals the treachery practiced against the heroineHorse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood

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