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.

  • Irish myth*Cross.
  • general *Plummer clxxxvi
Within the index

Filed under Automatic object.

19 finer motifs beneath it
Stones, being removed, return to their places. (Cf. D931, D1401.5.)Felled tree raises itself again. (Cf. D950.)Self-returning robe. (Cf. D1052.)Self-returning moccasins. (Cf. D1005.4.)Self-returning bangle. (Cf. D1075.)Self-returning spear. (Cf. D1084.)Self-returning wheel. (Cf. D1207.)Saint's bell when stolen miraculously returns. (Cf. D1213.)Saint's bachall when lost returns. (Cf. D1277.)Self-returning magic book. (Cf. D1266.)Self-returning magic coin. Keeps coming back. (Cf. D1288.)Self-returning head. When head is cut off it returns to proper place without harm to owner. (Cf. D992.)Self-returning cruet. (Cf. D1171.8.1.)Self-returning magic apple. (Cf. D981.1.)Self-returning hammer. (Cf. D1209.4.)Arrow shot at bull returns to shooter. (Cf. D1092.)Magic object when sold always returns to original owner. (Cf. D1605, D1602.11.)Magic object given away returns to giverEquipment of slain hunter returns alone. (Cf. D1170.)
Filed beside it
Object labors automaticallyMagic thieving object. Steals for master. (Cf. D1602.17.)Magic objects automatically keep out of reachAutomatic magic objects – miscellaneous
Travels with
Magic mango returns to tree for broken tabu

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