μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mermaid swallows man.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Fish-men. · view the constellation · filed as B81.10

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea.

Filed beside it
Mermaids are like fishes in the water, like men on land Woman from water world Mermaids from Pharoah's children. They were drowned in the Red Sea Mermaid marries man Mermaid leads people astray Mermaid captures a maiden Mermaid sits on knight's bedpost Mermaid has human midwife Mermaid warns of bad weather Mermaid cannot pass through ice Appearance of mermaid Mermaid's singing causes sleep. Girl tumbles from boat and drowns When mermaid appears Miscellaneous actions of mermaid

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