μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man senseless from grief at hearing of father's death; one doesn't feel that he cuts himself with his knife, the other presses dice so that he bleeds.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Other extraordinary events. · view the constellation · filed as F1041.21.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Reactions to excessive grief. (Cf. F1041.1.1.)

Filed beside it
Illness from excessive grief Man swells from excessive grief Refusal to eat from excessive grief Man cries at hearing of friend's death Tearing hair and clothes from excessive grief Swooning from grief
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Madness from grief. (Cf. F1041.21.5.)

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