μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general *Kittredge Witchcraft 44f., 398 nn. 169–173.
Within the index

Filed under Bad omens.

1 finer motif beneath it
Bad omen: greeting one before dawn
Filed beside it
Prodigy as evil omenBad dream as evil omen. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1813.1.)Breaking mirror as evil omenEclipse as evil omen. (Cf. F961.1, F965.2.)Moon furnishes omenStars furnish omensBad 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.)

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