μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 56, 148, 433, Rasmussen III 100, Holm 56
  • Africa (Fjort)Dennett 96, (Bushmen, South of Zambesi): Theal 56
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 38.
  • general *Seligmann 39. English: Child I 28, 48, 55, 57, 391
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous magic objects.

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic conjuring bag. Filled with nail parings, human hair, feet of toads, and the like
Filed beside it
Magic chain (iron)Magic metalMagic staff. (Cf. D1277.)Magic tubeMagic ballMagic fishhookMagic bridgeMagic cigarMagic grinding-stoneMagic millMagic sphereMagic bookMagic cardMagic statue (doll)Magic fireMagic circle
Travels with
Charms indicate guilt. (Cf. D1274.)Love charm. (Cf. D1274.)Fetish clears forest. (Cf. D1274.)Worship of fetish. (Cf. D1274.)

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