μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Livonian Loorits FFC XLVI 40 No. 25
  • Lappish Qvigstad FFC LX 45f. Nos. 55, 57.
  • general Fb "havfrue" IV 204a. – Krappe Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen 159 (1931) 161–175
Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it
Mermaid has son by human father Mermaids tear their mortal lovers to pieces
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 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 swallows man Mermaid's singing causes sleep. Girl tumbles from boat and drowns When mermaid appears Miscellaneous actions of mermaid

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