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.

  • GreekFox 72 (Prokris)
  • Irish myth*Cross
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • HinduKeith 140
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • ChineseWerner 316, 355
  • HawaiiBeckwith Myth 492
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen III 192
  • Africa (Benga)Nassau 177 No. 24, (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen V 138.
  • general MacCulloch Childhood 203
  • general Gaster Thespis 158
Within the index

Filed under Magic weapons.

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic spear-head
Filed beside it
Magic swordMagic saberMagic knifeMagic javelinMagic lanceMagic slingMagic bowMagic arrowMagic missileMagic cudgel (club)Magic hammer (Mjölnir)Magic firearmsMagic battle-axeMagic armorMagic trident
Travels with
Magic lanceMagic spear gives omen of victory. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear warns of danger. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear gives beauty. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear produces love-sickness. (Cf. D1084.)Spear in ground pointed toward ferocious animal protects. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear protects against spell. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear conquers enemy. (Cf. D1084, D1601.4.0.1.)Magic spear kills. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear always inflicts mortal wounds. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear kills man. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear kills animals. (Cf. D1084.)Spear stuck in river bed stops water. (Cf. D1084.)Automatic spear. (Cf. D1084, D1400.1.7.)Self-returning spear. (Cf. D1084.)Speaking spear. (Cf. D1084.)Magic flaming spear. (Cf. D1084.)Spear can be wielded by only one person. (Cf. D1084.)Unerring spear. (Cf. D1084.)Magic spear cannot be pulled out of ground. (Cf. D1084.)

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