μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

  • IcelandicBoberg
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "cadavre"
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • Easter IslandMétraux Ethnology 311.
  • general Tawney II 540
  • general Saintyves De l'incorruption des corps saints (Bull. et. Mem. de la Soc. d'Anthrop. des Paris, 7th ser. IV [1923] 84–100). – Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous magical manifestations.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Food magically saved from corruptionBook magically saved from decayFlowers magically kept from withering
Filed beside it
Magic control of waters. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic control of mountains. (Cf. D932.)Magic control of rocksMagic control over animals. (Cf. D2070.)Magic control of soil and cropsMagic control of fires. (Cf. D1271.)Magic healing powerMagic control of disease. (Cf. D1500.)Magic defense in battle. (Cf. K2350.)Escapes by magic. (Cf. D1395.)Magic help from fallingMagic used against poison. (Cf. D1515.)Magic adhesion. (Cf. D1413.)Continuing magic actsMagic singingMagic dancing. Enchanted persons dance till released
Travels with
Reciting martyrology will prevent decomposition of body of one who recites it

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