μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • HinduKeith 173 (Krishna)
  • PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 24
  • N. Am. IndianThompson CColl II 391.
  • general *Type 590, 650. – Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 143, *Cross
Within the index

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

5 finer motifs beneath it
Death of strong manStrong man sent to devil's mill: drives devils to master's houseStrong hero sent for wild animalsStrong hero overawes masterSpear bends as it strikes hero on chest and he survives ordeal
Filed beside 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 laborsMighty pugilistMighty wrestler
Carried in tale types

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