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.

  • general *Chauvin VII 87 No. 373bis
  • general **F. Schiern Ueber den Ursprung der Sage von den goldgrabenden Ameisen (Copenhagen-Leipzig, 1873).
Within the index

Filed under Fanciful habits of animals.

Filed beside it
Animal's fanciful treatment of their youngFanciful behavior of animal at deathSexual habits of animalsAnimal calls the dawn. The sun rises as a result of the animal's callRats leave sinking shipEagle renews youth. Feathers fall off and regrowTurtle holds with jaws till it thundersMonkeys attack by throwing coconutsFanciful qualities of snakes. (Cf. B91.3, B751.1, B752.2.)Fanciful dangers from animalsAnimals attracted by musicFancied nourishment of animals

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