μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 315 n. 145b.
Within the index

Filed under Magic object thrown ahead carries owner with it.

Filed beside it
Magic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.) Magic pistol forces one to run behind the ball. (Cf. D1096.2.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic ball
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws Helpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350 Grateful animals Helpful wild beasts – felidae Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basket Magic footwear Magic arrow Magic ball Magic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.) Miraculous speed from magic object

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