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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • JewishNeuman.
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Transformation to object for breaking tabuTransformation to animal for breaking tabuPerson returns to original form when tabu is broken. A person originally transformed from an animal or an object returns to that form when the origin is mentioned. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1, C35.1, C440, C441.)Change of language for breaking tabuValuable object turns to worthless, for breaking tabuDisenchantment for breaking tabu

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