μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • JamaicaBeckwith MAFLS XVII 269 No. 81
  • Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 326 No. 111
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen III 97, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 313.
  • general *Günter 242 s. v. "redend"
  • general *Fb "tale" III 766a
Within the index
44 finer motifs beneath it
Magic powder makes objects speak what owner wants them to. (Cf. D1246.)Speaking sink-hole. (Cf. D933.)Speaking tree. (Cf. D950, D1317.20.)Speaking plant. (Cf. D965, F815.)Speaking flower. (Cf. D975.)Speaking head. (Cf. D992.)Speaking privates. Man given advice by his private parts. (Cf. D998.)Speaking loin of goat meat. (Cf. D1032.)Speaking ring. (Cf. D1076.)Speaking weapon. (Cf. D1080.)Speaking fruit. (Cf. D981.)Speaking ship. (Cf. D1123.)Speaking stove. (Cf. D1161.)Speaking dish. (Cf. D1172.)Speaking implementSpeaking bell. (Cf. D1213.)Blood speaks. (Cf. D1003, D1318.5.)Speaking bed. (Cf. D1154.1.)Speaking rock (stone). (Cf. D931.)Earth speaks. (Cf. D935, D1318.16.)Speaking crozier. (Cf. D1277.1.)Speaking image. (Cf. D1266.)Speaking nut. (Cf. D985.)Speaking muirlan (ball). (Cf. D1256.) +20 more
Travels with
Speaking statue of man. (Cf. D1610.)Speaking sea. (Cf. D1610, F932.12.)

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