μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Father will die when daughter bears son. (Cf. E765.4.1.)

The dead. · The soul. · Life index. · view the constellation · filed as E765.4.3

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Filed under Life bound up with external event. Death to come when certain thing happens.

1 finer motif beneath it
Father (and mother) will die on same day as daughter
Filed beside it
Father will die when daughter marries. (Cf. E765.4.3.) Mother will die when daughter is wooed Person will die year he marries Person will die when he drinks from horn. (Cf. D1793.) Snake can die only if it gives away hoarded treasure Man dies when tortoise shell is dug up
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Father will die when daughter marries. (Cf. E765.4.3.)

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