μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 327 n. 182
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Thalbitzer 7, Rasmussen II 334
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 139, (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII 3 484.
  • general Type 325. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Possession of magic powers – miscellaneous.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Contest in magic between druid and saintContest between druid and fairy personageMagic contest, magician and giant: magician would make a dog's tail crooked, the giant would straighten it – and so on, ad infinitumContest between carpenter and son to race wooden horses they had both made
Filed beside it
Magic wisdom possessed by wild man. (Cf. F567.)Magic power of superhuman raceMagic wisdom possessed by extraordinary companionMagic power of fairy. (Cf. A1611.10.1.)Magic power of holy cross. (Cf. V86.)Magic power of mermaidMan has magic servants who plow for him; he swallows them each day and keeps them secretMagic power at certain timeMagic power only under certain conditionsLimited amount of magic in world
Travels with
Power of Christianity tested

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