μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • IcelandicBoberg.
  • general Dickson 180
Within the index

Filed under Strong man as mighty slayer. (Cf. F615.2.2.)

9 finer motifs beneath it
Strong man kills many men at onceStrong man throws another from wallsStrong man kills giantArmy of strong menStrong man kills men with own handsStrong man kills many with hammerStrong man uses man as weaponStrong man kills robber with a snap of his fingerStrong man cleaves horse and rider in two with sword
Filed beside it
Precocious strong hero as mighty slayer. (Cf. F611.3.2.)Strong man kills animals with own handsStrong man slays spectreStrong man's mighty spear-cast (sword blow)Strong hero wields many weapons at once

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