μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • JewishNeuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Forbidden road. All roads may be taken except one.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Tabu: going in a certain direction while tending cattleTabu: hunting in certain part of forest. (Cf. C612.)Forbidden direction: not to step outside a certain lineForbidden direction: northForbidden direction: southForbidden direction: westForbidden direction: eastTabu: going in direction either of sunset or sunrise
Filed beside it
Tabu: going through a wicket gate

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