μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • U.S.Baughman
  • German*Wehrhan 74, Nies 118 No. 86, Plöckinger 39 No. 31
  • IcelandicBoberg
  • FrenchSébillot France II 197, 342, 348, 411
  • GreekFox 110 (Hylas)
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Water-spirits lure mortal into water.

Filed beside it
Water-spirits lure children into water, offering objectsHero drowned by water-spirits, who draw him down as he crosses iceWater-goddess allows body of drowning person to come up three timesWater-spirit drags children into riverWater-spirit claims a life every seven years
Travels with
Fairies entice men and then harm themLa Belle Dame Sans Merci. Witch entices men with offers of love and then deserts or destroys them

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