μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 11references

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.

  • IcelandicDe la Saussaye 254, Boberg
  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 11
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Melanesianibid. 224 n. 28
  • Indonesianibid. 238 n. 51
  • Javaibid. 209
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 446, Rasmussen I 202
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 335 n. 210.
  • general *Fb "tønde" III 934b, "mad" II 525a, "styrke" III 630a. Irish: Plummer clxxxv, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 57, Béal XXI 322
  • general Arabic: Burton Nights II 212
  • general Philippines: Dixon 221ff.
Within the index
12 finer motifs beneath it
Food supplied by magic. Most of the references in D1030 also belong hereMagic banquetMagic food from herbsMagic pastry (bread, cake, etc.)Magic meatMagic cereal (food)Magic vegetable (as food). (Cf. D983.)Magic nuts (as food). (Cf. D985.)Magic dairy productsMagic honeyMagic sweetsMagic food – miscellaneous
Travels with
Food sticks in thief's throat and betrays him. (Cf. D1030.)Magic strength-giving food. (Cf. D1030.)Magic food gives weakness. (Cf. D1030.)Food of immortality. (Cf. D1030.)Tiny amount of food magically satisfies. (Cf. D1030.)Magic food causes intoxication and sobriety. (Cf. D1030.)Food causes magic forgetfulness. (Cf. D1030.)Magic food causes insanity. (Cf. D1030.)Speaking food. (Cf. D1030.)Inexhaustible food. (Cf. D1030, and in general D1470–D1499.)Food has taste of any dainty desired. (Cf. D1030, D1359.4.)Food and drink appear and disappear in otherworld. (Cf. D1030, D1040.)

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