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.

  • Irish mythCross (B549.7).
Within the index

Filed under Animals direct man on journey.

1 finer motif beneath it
Animal leads lost man home
Filed beside it
Lion leads lost king from forest. (Cf. B431.2.)Birds point out road to hero. (Cf. B151.0.3.)Squirrel points out roadWild leopards guide Jesus and the Holy Family through wilderness in flight to EgyptBirds as scoutsBird conducts navigators to landing place

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