μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Giant fish.

Animals. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · Giant animals. · view the constellation · filed as B874

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 40, 269f., 1014, II 29
  • Japanese Ikeda. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 78, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 640, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 539.
  • general *Chauvin VII 8 No. 373A n. 2
  • general *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447 n. 81
Within the index

Filed under Giant animals. (Cf. B16.1, B16.4, B15.7.12)

6 finer motifs beneath it
Giant river catfish Giant eel Giant whale Giant salmon Giant shark Giant clam
Filed beside it
Animal extraordinarily heavy for size Giant beasts Giant eagle Giant gull Giant falcon Giant auk Giant insects Giant reptiles Giant amphibia and other animal forms Giant mythical animals Giant flock of animals (birds.)
Carried in tale types

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