μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mythical serpent.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Other mythical animals. · view the constellation · filed as B91

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general Borgese "Giganti e Serpenti" Archivio per lo Studio delle tradizioni popolari XX 507ff., XXI 90ff., 161ff. Hindu: Penzer I 109 n. 2, II 90 n. 2, 266, III 259 n. 1. – Indo-Chinese: Scott 301
Within the index

Filed under Other mythical animals.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Naga. Serpent demon Plumed serpent Horned snake Sky-traveling snake Sea-serpent Serpent causes flood Serpent is immortal
Filed beside it
Other mythical reptiles Mythical spider Mythical crustacean Vegetable lamb. Generated from ground. Umbilical cord is in the ground and the lambs will die if it is forcibly severed. They are frightened into severing it themselves and then live. Vertebrae of the neck planted to produce new ones Beast with human head and shape of smith's bellows Mythical frog Mythical animals – miscellaneous

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