μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F525

Filed across the traditions
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Filed under Monstrous persons.

6 finer motifs beneath it
One-sided man Man splits into two parts Tribe of one-eyed, one-footed, one-handed men Person (Antichrist) with flat body Giant with limbs and organs only on his left side Person without back
Filed beside it
Monstrous races Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) Person unusual as to his eyes. (Cf. F531.1.1, F541.1.) Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543) Person unusual as to his hands. (Cf. F552.) Person unusual as to his arms Person unusual as to his legs Persons with tails Person with unusual covering Person with wings Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins Person with several bodies Person with compound body Person of unusual color Other monstrous persons
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Only half a son is born by queen who ate merely half of mango. (Cf. F525, T589.2.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God of the living and the dead in the otherworld City-gods Gods of the Quarters. A god or spirit for each of the world-quarters, north, south, east, and west God of healing Creation of the universe Wild man as king of animals Unusual animal as riding-horse Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Marriage to dog in human form Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon Magic fan conquers enemy. (Cf. D1077.)

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