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 myth*Cross.
  • general *Types 653, 653*
  • general BP III 45ff.
Within the index
18 finer motifs beneath it
Brothers acquire extraordinary skill. Return home and are testedUnskilled man made skillful by saint's blessingSkillful marksmanSkillful tailorSkillful smith. (Cf. F271.3.)Skillful flayerSkillful barberSkillful axe-man. Cuts down trees with single stroke, and the likeSkillful fencer (swordsman)Skillful surgeonSkillful shipbuilderMan can keep together feathers in great windSkillful painter. Can paint from description of a dreamIngenious carpenterSkillful thief. (Cf. K301.)Skillful trackerSkillful milkerRemarkable skill – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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