μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Other giant birds.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical birds. · view the constellation · filed as B31.6

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Cited in the index
  • general Penzer I 104, VI 123 n. Chinese: Giles Strange Stories of a Chinese Studio (New York, 1927) 547. – Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 222 No. 33.
Within the index

Filed under [First Edition: B31. Giant birds.]

2 finer motifs beneath it
Giant blackbird Giant bird pulls up oak tree by roots
Filed beside it
Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws The Bird Gam. Throws sand in a stream and makes a lake. Appears at turn of century. Also carries men. Leaps into the sea and sleeps Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes Giant bat Simorg: giant bird

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