μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Fanciful bodily members of animals.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Magic love-working stone in swallow's headMagic stone in dog's foreheadLuminous jewel in animal's headEarthworm has light in its tail
Filed beside it
Cat's luminous eyeTortoise has no liver or teethSpider has no blood in bodyFemale bears have no breasts to nurse their young – suck pawsDouble snake – male and female

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