μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Years thought days. (Cf. F379.5.) Years spent in the other world or asleep seem as days because of magic forgetfulness.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Temporary magic characteristics. · Magic forgetfulness. · view the constellation · filed as D2011

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Filed across the traditions
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "temps"
  • Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 101
  • Scottish McKay Bealoideas III 138
  • English Child V 290a
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. *472
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen III 299, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 459
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 314 n. 143.
  • general *Type 470
  • general *Fb "tid" III 790a
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 561, 562
  • general *Köhler-Bolte II 224ff., 406ff.
  • general *Hartland Science 162ff. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 116, 119, 181f., *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Magic forgetfulness.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Years seem moments while man listens to song of bird Two friars perceive no passing of time from Shrovetide till following Easter while they talk of Christ Years are as moments to creator
Filed beside it
Forgotten fiancée. Young husband visiting his home breaks tabu and forgets his wife. Later she succeeds in reawakening his memory. (For details of the ways in which the memory is lost and regained see D2004 and D2006 Means of bringing about magic forgetfulness Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) Moments thought years. In a moment a person seems to experience events of many years
Carried in tale types

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