μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Burning magically evaded. (Cf. D1656.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic invulnerability. · view the constellation · filed as D1841.3

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“Then they exchanged arrows, the Sun giving him four arrows of his own. The points of these arrows were made of coal." Now the young man began to climb the mountain. When he came up to the goats, he took one of the arrows, aimed it, and shot. It struck the animals, but fell down without killing it. The same happened with the other arrows. When he had spent all his arrows, they rushed up to him from the four sides, intending to kill him.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 39 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • Irish*Cross, O'suilleabhain 71, Beal XXI 326
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 311 n. 120.
  • general Chauvin VI 189 No. 356
  • general Crane Liber de Miraculis 88 No. 15
  • general Günter Christliche Legende 234 s. v. "Feuer"
  • general Cosquin Indiens 439ff.
  • general Toldo Studien VI 298
  • general Alphabet No. 308
  • general *Loomis White Magic 114. Jewish: *Neuman, Spence 51f., Gaster Rabbis 191 No. 28, 185 No. 28
Within the index

Filed under Invulnerability from certain things.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Magic animal proof against burningFire does not injure a saintSacred book or manuscript does not burn in fire
Filed beside it
Man proof against iron, stone, and woodMan proof against boiling waterMan proof against wet. (Cf. D1524.1, D1540, D1551, D2125, D2151.)Invulnerability from weaponsImmunity from drowning. (Cf. F222.1.1.)Magic animal proof against houndMan proof against poison. (Cf. D1840.1.2.)Invulnerability from demons
Travels with
Incombustible objects. (Cf. D1841.3; D2158.2; F979.5.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Sun father-in-lawAnimal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.)Animal as guard of person or houseGuardian animals evadedTransformation: man to featherProtean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to begTransformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformationsTransformation to reach difficult placeTransformation to escape difficult situationTransformation to receive foodResuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.)Resuscitated eaten animal. (Cf. E171.) An animal is eaten. When his bones are reassembled he revives

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