μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man-eating birds.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical birds. · view the constellation · filed as B33

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 3 references (open)

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.

  • Irish myth Cross
  • Greek Fox 84
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 72.
Within the index

Filed under Mythical birds.

1 finer motif beneath it
Other devastating birds
Filed beside it
Mythical white albatross Mythical cock [First Edition: B31. Giant birds.] Phoenix Bird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feet Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies Milk-producing bird Immortal bird. (Cf. B32.) Other mythical birds
Travels with
Devastating birds. (Cf. B33.)

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