μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

People of unusual diet.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Unusual manner of life. · view the constellation · filed as F561

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Unusual manner of life.

8 finer motifs beneath it
People who prefer raw flesh Ichthyophages. People who live on fish People who live on coconuts Person lives by smoking tobacco. Never eats Girl eats only kola nuts and tobacco Woman fed by bees' dropping honey into her mouth (lie) Boy drinks perspiration Iron-eating tribe
Filed beside it
People of unusual residence Person never sleeps Women warriors or hunters Celibate peoples Wild man. Man lives alone in wood like a beast Naked tribe. Sun, cold, wind, rain do not harm them Unusual manner of life – miscellaneous

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