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.

  • EnglishWells 9 (King Horn), 31 (Geoffrey's life of Arthur), 33 (Layamon's Brut), 48 (Lancelot of the Laik), 89 (The Sege of Melayne), 92 (The Song of Roland), 122 (The King of Tars)
  • IcelandicHerrmann Saxo II 233, *Boberg
  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Dickson 74, 225. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Bad omens.

1 finer motif beneath it
Vision as evil omen
Filed beside it
Prodigy as evil omenBreaking mirror as evil omenEclipse as evil omen. (Cf. F961.1, F965.2.)Moon furnishes omenStars furnish omensMeeting certain persons (animals) a bad omenBad omen for two bridal processions to meetSight of mermaid bad omenSight of phantom ship a bad omenRed (gray, etc.) clouds as evil omens. (Cf. D1812.5.0.10.)Animal behavior as bad omenFairy music as evil omenHoly man's fall from horse a bad omenHailstorm as bad omenDry river bed as bad omenSpectre as evil omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.1.6.)
Travels with
Magic knowledge from dream. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1, D1814.2, D1817.2.1, D1819.2.)Future revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1.)Dream shows events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.)Dream reveals death of brother. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.)

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