μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Person with knees backwards.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F517.1.5

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross.
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Filed under Person unusual as to his feet. (Cf. F551.)

1 finer motif beneath it
Men whose feet turn backward so that they will not stub toes
Filed beside it
Person without feet. (Cf. F167.7.) Person with many feet Men with sponge-feet Person with claws on the feet Person with horse's hoofs Person with feet like elephant's Soles of man's feet covered with hair
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Giant with heels in front. (Cf. A526.8, F451.2.2.1, F517.1.5, G303.4.5.6.)

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