μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic bird's song. Brings joy and oblivion for many years. Wakes the dead.

Animals. · Magic animals. · Other magic animals. · Magic birds, fish, reptiles, etc. · view the constellation · filed as B172.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 104.
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 562
  • general Hartland Science 188f., *Krappe Bull. Hispanique XXXIX 29. – Irish myth: Cross, Plummer clxxxvi
Within the index

Filed under Magic bird.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Magic bird's song brings sleep B172.2. Magic bird's song dispels grief
Filed beside it
Magic bird petrifies those who approach Magic bird collects seeds. Sees that they are properly placed. Also carries off people's enemies Bird with magic bones and feathers Magic falcon gets water of life for hero Magic birds lure hunters to certain places Magic birds chained in couples Magic osprey (transformed man) produces lightning Magic birds cause hosts to sleep by shaking wings Black birds Bird steals island

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