μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 456, Rasmussen I 78, III 123, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 244, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 490.
Within the index
35 finer motifs beneath it
Omniscience of a godMagic knowledge of magician. (Cf. D1711, D1814.1.)Magic knowledge of saints and holy menMagic knowledge of fairiesMagic knowledge of witchesMagic knowledge of angels. (Cf. D1810.5.)Magic knowledge of supermanMagic knowledge of druid. (Cf. D1711.4, D1816.5.)Magic knowledge of the PopeMagic knowledge (wisdom) of Solomon. (Cf. L212.2.)Magic knowledge of poetMagic knowledge about culprit's offense to deityMagic knowledge of identity of strangerMagic knowledge from queen of other world. (Cf. D1723.)Magic knowledge from devil. (Cf. D1721.1.)Magic knowledge from touching "knowledge tooth" with thumb. (Cf. D1009.2, D1811.1.1.)Magic knowledge learned from magician teacherMagic knowledge from angel. (Cf. D1725, D1810.0.6.)Magic knowledge from bathing in holy waterMagic knowledge from sign of the cross. (Cf. D1766.6, V86.)Magic knowledge from dream. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1, D1814.2, D1817.2.1, D1819.2.)Magic knowledge from GodMagic knowledge from goddessMagic knowledge from mythical ancestor +11 more
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