μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • general Frazer Golden Bough XII 341 s. v. "Language". Jewish: Neuman.
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Filed under Transformation for breaking tabu.

Filed beside 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.)Valuable object turns to worthless, for breaking tabuDisenchantment for breaking tabu

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