μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Remarkably strong man. (Strong John). (Cf. X940, X959.1.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkably strong man. · view the constellation · filed as F610

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“So he exposed the babe on Mount Parthenius, and by the providence of the gods it was preserved: for a doe that had just cast her fawn customers in the market, says that it was a thousand times easier to get speech of a general than of a fishmonger ; for if you addressed one of these gentry and, pointing to a fish, asked ‘‘ How much?” he would not at first deign to look at ou, much less speak to you, but would stoop down, silent as…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. VII · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 17references

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.

  • IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 86, 153 (Heimdall), *Boberg
  • FrenchCosquin Lorraine Nos. 14, 46, 52, 69 and notes
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone III No. 8
  • GreekFox 75 (Herakles), Frazer Apollodorus I 259 n. 3 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. VII
  • JewishFrazer Old Testament II 480ff. (Samson), *Neuman
  • ArmenianAnanikian 86
  • HinduKeith 172
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Indonesian*De Vries Nederlandsch Tijdschrift v. Volkskunde XXX 97ff.
  • ChineseGraham
  • BuriatHolmberg Siberian 428
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson CColl II 334ff. incident A 2
  • West IndiesFlowers 435.
  • general *Panzer Beowulf
  • general *Types 301, 650*, 650**, 650, 1003--1013
  • general *BP II 285ff., 300ff.
  • general *Fb "styrke", "stærk", "Svend Felding". – Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index
35 finer motifs beneath it
Remarkably strong womanWild man of superhuman strengthDwarf-hero of superhuman strengthWarrior of special strength (Berserk). (Cf. F1041.8.6.)Man with strength of many menMan with strength of animalsMan so strong that he breaks most of what he gets in touch with. (Cf. F614.3-F614.6.)Strong man is so heavy that no horse can carry him all day. (Cf. F681.8.)Strong man so heavy that only his own horse can carry himStrong man accomplishes superhuman tasks when God's spirit is over himStrong man's birth and rearingStrong hero sent from homeStrong man makes labor contractStrong man's laborsStrong man evades death. Vain attempts to kill himMighty pugilistMighty wrestlerStrong man tames animalsStrong man: tree-puller. Can uproot and carry off trees. (Cf. F611.3.1, F614.2.)Mighty blower. Man turns mill with his blowing. (Cf. X935.)Strong man holds up mountainMighty lifterStrong man: breaker of iron. (Cf. X946.)Strong man pulls down mountains +11 more
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Remarkably strong hands. (Cf. F610.)Witch has extraordinary bodily strength. (Cf. D1830, F610.)Saint in anger shows strength: wall broken by his kick. (Cf. F610.)Lie: remarkably strong manLie: hero breaking wen causes wall to fall down. (Cf. D1562.3, F610.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Transformation (general)Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformationsSeed mixed with blood as love charm. (Cf. D971.)Ascent to sky on cloudTwo persons with bodies joined. Siamese twinsPoison of hydra corrodes the skinCycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of headsIllegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.)

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