μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 7references

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 myth*Cross
  • IcelandicBoberg
  • WelshMacCulloch 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 treePerson of remarkable sight finds tracks of swine stolen seven years before his birthPerson can see through opaque objectsPerson sees equally well by night or dayMan can see celestial nymphs dancing in divine worldOne-eyed barber sees thread of silk stretching to seaPerson of remarkable sight can see the soulPerson sees enormous distance
Filed beside it
Person of remarkable hearing. (Cf. X936.)Marvelously wise manMarvelous sensitivenessExtraordinary sympathy (telepathic) with wild animalsRemarkable power to walk directly to nearest waterMarvelous 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
Lie: person of remarkable sight. (Cf. F642.)
Carried in tale types

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