μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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: troubled waterLife token: milk becomes redLife token: boiling liquidLife token: beer foams. (Cf. D1045.)Life token: wine turns to vinegarLife token: milk becomes agitated in pan at death of relative. (Cf. E761.6.2.)
Filed beside it
Blood as life tokenLife token: staff stuck in groundLife token: tree (flower) fadesLife token: object darkens or rustsLife token: object breaks (bursts)Life token – miscellaneous
Travels with
Magic fluid

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