μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • general *Type 560
  • general *Aarne MSFO XXV 40
  • general BP II 39. Icelandic: *Boberg
  • general N. Am. Indian (Malecite, Penobscot): Thompson CColl II 411ff. (European borrowings).
Within the index

Filed under Magic object a gift.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Magic object received from man in return for rescue of childMagic object received in return for being shaved
Filed beside 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 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
Carried in tale types

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