μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Form and appearance of water-spirits. See F420.5.2.7.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Water-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F420.1

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“At once all the players on both sides rushed back to the center field to look. ‘“‘What is the matter?” said everyone to everyone else. “Why it must have been Manabozho; he’s done this; nobody else would dare to attack the underground gods.” When the excited players reached the center of the field they found the culprit had vanished. “Let’s all look for Mana- bozho,”’ cried someone. ‘‘We will use the power of the water for our guide.””

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 4 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
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.

  • IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 280–81.
Within the index

Filed under Water-spirits. [Note: For help in the preparation of this item I am indebted to Miss Josephine Martin of Chicago.]

7 finer motifs beneath it
Water-spirit as manWater-spirit as woman (water-nymph, water-nix). (Cf. F423.1.)Water-spirits in animal formWater-spirits in abnormal formWater-spirits invisibleDress of water-spiritsWater-spirits appearing like human beings are recognized by traces of water
Filed beside it
Home of water-spirits. (Cf. F420.7.1.)Social life among water-spiritsCharacteristics of water-spiritsDeeds and actions of water-spiritsMarriage of water-spiritsMiscellaneous motifs connected with water-spiritsLake-spiritMarsh-spiritSea spiritsRiver-spiritFountain spiritSpirit of water-fallOther water-spirits
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Transformation to defeat enemies. (Cf. D615.)Conception from sunlightConception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.)

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