μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

King of serpents (snakes).

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · King of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B244.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 27, 64, 230, 1149, II 529, 556
  • Chinese Eberhard 17 No. 8
  • Zanzibar Bateman 202 No. 10.
  • general *Type 672
  • general BP II 463f.
  • general *Fb "snogekonge" III 437b, "lindorm" II 433 b, "hugormekonge" I 667. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 213ff., (1928) 139ff. – Hindu: Keith 154
  • general Penzer VI 29
Within the index

Filed under King of reptiles.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Queen of watersnakes Serpent king resides in lake Gigantic hood of serpent king Four royal families of snakes
Filed beside it
Naga-king King of lizards
Carried in tale types

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