μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • EstonianLoorits Grundzüge I 347–363
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 870, II 17
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 264ff, Graham
  • AztecAlexander Lat. Am. 61.
  • general Fb "sjæl" III 214a
  • general Gjerdman Nattskärran och nogra andra Spökfåglar (Arv I 27–68)
Within the index

Filed under Reincarnation as animal.

18 finer motifs beneath it
Reincarnation of murdered child as birdReincarnation of unbaptized child as birdReincarnation of old maids as birdsReincarnation of drowned persons as birdsSevered heads of monster become birdsReincarnation of girl eaten by tiger as birdReincarnation as duckReincarnation as owlReincarnation as hawk. (Cf. D152.1.)Reincarnation as swallow. (Cf. D151.1.)Reincarnation as cuckooReincarnation as doveReincarnation as ravenReincarnation as quailReincarnation as heronReincarnation as gooseReincarnation as peacockReincarnation as parrot
Filed beside it
Reincarnation: man to animal to manReincarnation as domestic animalReincarnation as wild animalReincarnation as reptileReincarnation as amphibianReincarnation as insectReincarnation as fish. (Cf. D170, E713.1.)Reincarnation as wormReincarnation as animal – miscellaneous

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