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.

  • Africa (Kaffir)Theal 56.
  • general Frazer Golden Bough III 94. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 641
Within the index

Filed under Tabu: offending spirits of water, mountain, etc.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Tabu: rescuing drowning manTabu: letting ball fall into waterTabu: crossing water when spirits are offendedTabu: poisoning fish causes storm
Filed beside it
Tabu: offending mountain-spiritTabu: offending wood-spirit. (Cf. C51.2.2, C64.)Tabu: offending guardian spiritsTabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likenessTabu: offending fairy

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