μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
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.

  • IcelandicVölsunga saga ch. 8, Boberg
  • JewishNeuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • general Type 612
  • general *BP I 128
  • general *Fb "blad" IV 44a. Irish myth: Cross
  • general Africa (Ibo, Nigeria): Basden 280, (Ekoi): Talbot 115, 188, (Zulu): Callaway 191.
Within the index

Filed under Magic tree.

Filed beside it
Magic tree guarded by serpent (dragon) coiled around its rootsMagic tree at bottom of lakeMagic hazel treeMagic oak treeMagic peach treeMagic cherry treeMagic pear treeMagic ash tree (quicken, rowan)Magic lime treeMagic fig treeMagic olive treeMagic apple treeMagic alder treeMagic birch treeMagic hawthornMagic yew tree
Travels with
Magic leaves turn white bird black. (Cf. D955, A2411.2.6.)Leaves turn into fish to feed family. (Cf. D955.)Food-providing leaf. (Cf. D955.)Magic healing leaves. (Cf. D955.)Leaves assist in childbearing. (Cf. D955.)Leaf serves as boat. (Cf. D955, D1121.)Palmetto leaves give power of flying. (Cf. D955.)Magic leaf bears person aloft. (Cf. D955.)Life token: leaves full from tree. (Cf. D955.)

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