μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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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.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Life token: knife stuck in tree rusts (becomes bloody)Life token: picture burns blackLife token: mirror becomes black (misty). (Cf. D1163.)Life token: ring rustsLife token: silver object turns darkLife token: charm driesLife token: sword rustsLife token: beads cling togetherLife token: milk turns dark
Filed beside it
Blood as life tokenLife token: staff stuck in groundLife token: tree (flower) fadesLife token: object breaks (bursts)Life token: troubled liquid. (Cf. D1242.)Life token – miscellaneous

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