μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • JewishNeuman
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 230f.
Within the index

Filed under Magic automata. Statues or images that act as if alive. (Cf. D1523.2.8.)

7 finer motifs beneath it
Automatic statue of trumpeterAutomatic statue of horsemanSmith forges iron man, who helps himStatue of Virgin sews for suppliantMagic statue of archerMagic statue of man labors for ownerSpeaking statue of man. (Cf. D1610.)
Filed beside it
Automatic doll. (Cf. D1268.)Automatic statue of animalOther automatic constructionsImage renders judgmentsImage indicates favor to suppliant. (Cf. D1639.3, V120.)Image dresses self. (Cf. D1268, V120.)Image bleedsStatue weepsImage flies through airDancing automata. (Cf. D1646.)City populated by wooden automataImages of animals ridden (driven)Images open and close eyesImage eats or drinksGolem. Automatic statue animated by insertion of written magic formula into an openingAutomata: other motifs

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