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 MacCulloch Childhood 33.
Within the index

Filed under Means of inducing magic sleep. (Cf. D1364.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
Lulling to sleep by "sleepy" stories (songs)Song (crónán) used to lull children to sleep
Filed beside it
Magic sleep through curseMagic sleep by lousing. Picking the lice from the head of an old person or an ogre is used to put him to sleepMagic sleep by hairdressing. Head laid on another's lapSnakes put to sleep by music on harp. (Cf. B765, D1275.1.)Magic sleep from breaking tabu

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