μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general *BP I 361
  • general *Aarne JSFO XXVII 1–96. – Irish myth: Cross
Within the index
16 finer motifs beneath it
Magic object received from God (a god)Magic object received from supernatural beingMagic object received from fairyMagic objects received from sun, moon, and stars, etcMagic object received from relativeMagic object inheritedMagic object received from grateful personMagic object received from astrologerMagic object received from old womanMagic object received from old manMagic object received from huntsmanMagic object received from maidenMagic object received from monsterMagic object received through particular intermediaries. Only one person can help secure itMagic object received from childAcquisition of magic object – miscellaneous
Travels with
Acquisition of magic powers. (Cf. D810.)
Carried in tale types

wander