μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.
Within the index

Filed under Other compulsions.

1 finer motif beneath it
Tabu: to refuse help to a woman
Filed beside it
Compulsion to answer cry. Hero is magically compelled to do soCompulsion to invite singer to feast. Until that is done, the beer will not stop foaming. (Cf. C671.)Injunction: sleep where night overtakes you. Otherwise misfortune will comeCompulsion to perform certain task yearlyInjunction: to give sample of food to dog before eating. Misfortune follows failure to do soInjunction: to perform certain act daily

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