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.

  • ChineseGraham.
  • general *Type 650
Within the index

Filed under Strong man's labors.

1 finer motif beneath it
Strong man throws man back and breaks his bones (legs)
Filed beside it
Strong man drives anvil into groundStrong man uproots tree and uses it as weaponStrong man as gardener: destroys plantsStrong man as rower; breaks boatStrong man as fisherman: destroys fish and netsStrong man uses stable-roof as flailStrong man fells tree with one blow of axeStrong man clears plainStrong hero fights whole army aloneStrong man jumps across rivers. (Cf. F611.3.2.4.)Youth crushes coins to powder with fingers
Carried in tale types

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