μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • general Fb "saks" III 143a
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 187. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45.
Within the index

Filed under Object labors automatically.

1 finer motif beneath it
Magic shears clip garments from air
Filed beside it
Magic calabash cooks and cares for child. (Cf. D965.2.)Self-growing and self-gathering corn. (Cf. D965.8.)Magic hat works independently. (Cf. D1067.1.)Automatic weapon. (Cf. D1081.)Automatic cudgel. (Cf. D1094.)Oven heats without fire. (Cf. D1161, D1649.5.)Lamp (fire) lights itself. (Cf. D1162, D1275, D1781.)Razor whets itself. (Cf. D1173.1.)Household articles act at command. (Cf. D1170.)Self-cooking vessel. (Cf. D1171.)Self-sewing needle. (Cf. D1181.)Self-tying thread. (Cf. D1184.)Self-chopping axe. (Cf. D1206.)Automatic shovel. (Cf. D1205.)Self-digging spade. (Cf. D1205.1.)Automatic whip. (Cf. D1208.)
Travels with
Magic scissors (shears)

wander