μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Person of remarkable sight. (Cf. X938.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Extraordinary powers of perception. · view the constellation · filed as F642

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 190.
  • general *Type 653
  • general BP II 95, III 45ff.
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 439
  • general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 432b. n. 54
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary powers of perception.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Remarkable star-gazer. Sees birds in nest in distant tree Person of remarkable sight finds tracks of swine stolen seven years before his birth Person can see through opaque objects Person sees equally well by night or day Man can see celestial nymphs dancing in divine world One-eyed barber sees thread of silk stretching to sea Person of remarkable sight can see the soul Person sees enormous distance
Filed beside it
Person of remarkable hearing. (Cf. X936.) Marvelously wise man Marvelous sensitiveness Extraordinary sympathy (telepathic) with wild animals Remarkable power to walk directly to nearest water Marvelous sense of smell. (Cf. F647.5.) Remarkable power of recognition. Man remembers all people he has met. (Cf. F692.) Extraordinary perception of blind men
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Lie: person of remarkable sight. (Cf. F642.)
Carried in tale types

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