μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Pygmy. Remarkably small man. Also called "dwarf". To be distinguished from the dwarfs who live in the woods and inhabit underground places (F451).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F535

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“The Princess, after a posthumous title had been conferred upon her, was buried with great magnificence a few miles to the east of the city, while Ch'un-yü remained in the capital, living in such state, and gaining so much influence, that he excited the King's jealousy; and when it was foretold, by means of signs in the heavens, that ruin threatened the kingdom, that its inhabitants would be swept away, and that this would be the work…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI · served from our shelf

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Scholars’ trail — 13references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • EnglishHartland Science 179
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • GreekFox 256
  • ArabianBurton Nights V 252 n
  • JewishNeuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseWerner 386 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI
  • N. Am. Indian (Cherokee)Alexander N. Am. 68
  • African*Werner African 258ff.
  • general *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt I 242 n. 6
  • general *Frazer Pausanias II 107
  • general *Chauvin VII 15 No. 373C n. 1
Within the index

Filed under Exceptionally large or small men.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Pygmies descendants of Cain. (Cf. F531.6.1.9.)Thumbling. Person the size of a thumbPygmies of various sizesDress of pygmiesCharacteristics of pygmiesDeeds of pygmiesKingdom of pygmies
Filed beside it
Giant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.)Remarkably broad manRemarkably tall man. (Cf. F531.2.1.)
Travels with
Wood-spirit tiny. (Cf. F239.4.3, F535.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-godsCreation of the universeWild man as king of animalsUnusual animal as riding-horseMarriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.)Marriage to dog in human formJointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into piecesTabu: looking under certain bell too soonJourney to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etcSpirits and demons (general)Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habitsHeadless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast

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