μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

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.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Life token: pot breaks. (Cf. D1171.1.)Life token: zither string breaksLife token: ring springs asunderLife token: cup springs asunder. (Cf. D1171.6.)Life token: stone breaks. (Cf. E711.7.)Life token: sheaves prostrate themselves
Filed beside it
Blood as life tokenLife token: staff stuck in groundLife token: tree (flower) fadesLife token: object darkens or rustsLife token: troubled liquid. (Cf. D1242.)Life token – miscellaneous

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