μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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 mythCross
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 15 No. 22.
Within the index

Filed under Precipitation controlled by magic.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Church spared in flood because of prayersMagic spear stuck in earth dries up spring
Filed beside it
Rain produced by magicFog produced by magicHail produced by magicFrost produced by magicMagic control of snow. (Cf. F686.)
Travels with
Land made magically sterile. (Cf. D1563.)Magic control of soil and crops

wander