μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Black man. (Cf. F548.1, F573.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F527.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Person of unusual color.

Filed beside it
Red person Green knight Blue man Brown man with white back Half red and half blue strong man
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Person with black knee. (Cf. F527.5.) Negro so black that he makes whole garden somber Black berserk. (Cf. F527.5.)

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