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.

  • JewishNeuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

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

9 finer motifs beneath it
Automatic statue of horse. (Cf. D1626.1.)Automatic hen and chickens of goldDeer of gold and jewels possessing lifeAutomatic statue of lionAutomatic figures on harp – birds, serpents, houndsAutomatic metal (jewel) fishPlough of gold and yoke of gold and pair of bullocks used by hero tills as much land as lies within a village boundary in one dayAutomatic statue of dogAutomatic brazen serpent
Filed beside it
Automatic doll. (Cf. D1268.)Automatic statue of manOther 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
Travels with
Self-luminous artificial boar. (Cf. D1620.2.)

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