μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Life token. (Cf. E760.) Object (animal, person) has mystic connection with the life of a person, so that changes in the life-token indicate changes in the person, usually disaster or death.

13 finer motifs beneath it
Life token: water turns to blood. (Cf. F961.3.1, V211.2.3.2.)Life token: horn fills with bloodLife token: track fills with bloodLife token: blood of fish calls outLife token: blood boilsLife token: blood changes colorLife token: comb drips bloodLife token: cloth becomes bloodyLife token: hero's horse stands in stable in blood up to his kneesLife token: milk becomes bloodyLife token: roof spouts of castle run with bloodLife token: meal ground in mill is the color of bloodBlood stops flowing from wound when captives escape
Filed beside it
Life token: staff stuck in groundLife token: tree (flower) fadesLife token: object darkens or rustsLife token: object breaks (bursts)Life token: troubled liquid. (Cf. D1242.)Life token – miscellaneous
Travels with
Washers at the ford. Appearance of female figure washing bloody armor, chariot cushions, or human limb (at ford) as sign of coming disaster in battle. (Cf. A485.1, E761.1, M301.6.1, Z129.2.2.)

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