μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Mythical beasts and hybrids.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Beasts that destroy vineyards and steal fruitTormenting beast in man's stomachMan-eating monster (in cave)Devastating domestic animalsDevastating wild animalsDevastating birds. (Cf. B33.)Devastating fish carries off daily victimDevastating reptilesDevastating insects
Filed beside it
DragonBasilisk. A mythical lizard or serpent whose hissing drives away all other serpentsUnicorn. (Cf. B15.7.2.)Other hybrid animalsAnimals with unusual limbs or membersHostile animalsBehemoth: mythical gigantic animalOther mythical beasts

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