μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Hindu Keith 145
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 161
  • N. Am. Indian Thompson Tales 296 n. 83c, 329 n. 190a, (Takelma): Sapir UPa II 65 No. 4.
Within the index

Filed under Magic bodily members – human.

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic urine
Filed beside it
Magic hair Magic head Magic eye. See references to D2071 Magic foot Magic hand Magic internal organs – human Magic private parts – human Magic spittle Magic blood – human Magic tears Magic breath Magic buttocks Magic bone (human). (Cf. D1013.) Magic human flesh Magic bodily members (human) – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Excrements as advisers. (Cf. D1002.) Filth (dirt, excrements) eaten gives immortality. (Cf. D1002.) Excrements cause approaching animals to fall dead. (Cf. D1002.) Treasure from excrements. (Cf. D1002.) Magic excrement as cure for cancer. (Cf. D1002.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic private parts – human Magic spittle Magic tears Magic object gives advice Bodily members as advisers. (Cf. D990.) Magic object points out road Blinded trickster directed by trees. He asks them their names and by their answers he can tell where he is. (Cf. D950.) Magic swallow-skin warns of danger. (Cf. D1025.4.) Magic ornament provides treasure Magic building provides treasure Speaking plant. (Cf. D965, F815.) Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically

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