Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs — Mythoi

Motif

Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F526.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 293 n. 4. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33

Within the index

Filed under Person with compound body.

Filed beside it

Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings Beast-like anchorite. Walks on all fours; covered with hair like beast; has horns like beast. (Cf. F521.1.) Men with two faces, three legs, and seven arms (or other such combinations) Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases winds Transformation: man to swine Transformation: woman to bitch Transformation: man to dove Transformation: man (woman) to almond tree Transformation by drinking Disenchantment from tree form by embrace of lover Moly: magic plant Magic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.) Magic drink Magic chair Lotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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