μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Cited in the index
  • general Taylor MLN XXXI (1916) 249 n. 2
  • general Gaster Thespis 327. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 296 nn. 83a, 83b.
Within the index

Filed under Magic bodily members – human.

Filed beside it
Magic hair Magic head Magic eye. See references to D2071 Magic foot Magic hand Magic internal organs – human Magic spittle Magic excrements Magic blood – human Magic tears Magic breath Magic buttocks Magic bone (human). (Cf. D1013.) Magic human flesh Magic bodily members (human) – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Speaking privates. Man given advice by his private parts. (Cf. D998.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic excrements Magic object gives advice Bodily members as advisers. (Cf. D990.) Magic object points out road Blinded trickster directed by trees. He asks them their names and by their answers he can tell where he is. (Cf. D950.) Magic swallow-skin warns of danger. (Cf. D1025.4.) Speaking plant. (Cf. D965, F815.) Talking private parts betray unchastity Picture mistaken for original Creaking limbs. Numskull hears limbs creaking in the wind. He is sorry for them and holds them apart. While he is caught between them his enemies take advantage of him Raven steals the robes of Red Willow Men and finds them useless Deception into entering bag

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