μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • JewishNeuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Person never sleeps.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Long sleep, long waking. (Six months sleep followed by six months waking, or the like.)Person sleeps for three days and nightsKing sleeps for six days and acquires after that magic wisdomPerson sleeps for nine monthsSpirit woman sleeps through whole year; eats through the nextTwelve years' sleep customary to demons
Filed beside it
Person of diabolical origin never sleepsSemi-supernatural person sleeps littleMan sleeps with one eye and one ear open

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