μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "violon"
  • JewishNeuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys, Penzer III 187 n. 3
  • Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 280 No. 91
  • Africa (Gold Coast)Barker and Sinclair 97, 100 No. 18.
  • general *Types 559, 577, 592, 851, 853
  • general Fb "fiol" I 293b, "spille" III 488a
  • general Basset RTP XXVI 266
Within the index

Filed under Magic musical instruments.

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic musical bow
Filed beside it
Magic drumMagic rattleMagic bellMagic trumpetMagic horn (musical)Magic clarinetMagic pipe (musical)Magic whistleMagic harpMagic luteMagic guitarMagic musical instruments – miscellaneous
Travels with
Escape from prison by use of magic fiddle. (Cf. D1233.)Magic fiddle causes dancing. (Cf. D1233.)Magic fiddle summons dwarfs. (Cf. D1233.)Magic fiddle calls animals together. (Cf. D1233.)Magic fiddle provides food. (Cf. D1233.)Magic flying by means of magic fiddle. (Cf. D1233.)Self-playing violin. (Cf. D1233.)Fiddle made from wood secret has been confided to reveals it. (Cf. D1233.)Alleged resuscitating fiddle sold. (Cf. D1233.)
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