μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 49 No. 330
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 70.
  • general **Aarne JSFO XXVII 1–96
  • general *Types 563, 534*
  • general *BP I 349ff.
  • general Dickson 133f. nn. 110–116
  • general N. Am. Indian (Jicarilla Apache): Goddard PaAM VIII 225 No. 27, (Tsimshian): Boas BBAE XXVII 225
Within the index

Filed under Magic object cudgels person.

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic cudgel beats animals to death for owner
Filed beside it
Magic sack furnishes mannikin who cudgels owner's enemies. (Cf. D1193.)Magic whip beats person. (Cf. D1208.)Magic pot with demons who beat owner's enemy. (Cf. D1171.1.)Magic stone hits everything and returns by itself. (Cf. D931.)Magic hammer beats person. (Cf. D1209.4.)Magic slipper beats person. (Cf. D1065.2)Log of wood animated by spirit of malignant holy man strikes left and right to kill offending villagers. (Cf. D956.)Magic bone beats king's face. (Cf. D1007.)
Travels with
Magic cudgel (club)
Carried in tale types

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