μῦθοι Mythoi
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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
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • ChineseGraham.
Within the index

Filed under Remarkable skill.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Skillful physicianSkillful surgeon removes and replaces vital organs. (Cf. X1721.2.)Skillful surgeon removes speck from midge's eye. Does it with one stroke without injuring midgeMan can transplant feather from one bird to anotherSkillful surgeon can tell by whom wound was inflictedNew arm made from another man's arm bone
Filed beside 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 shipbuilderMan can keep together feathers in great windSkillful painter. Can paint from description of a dreamIngenious carpenterSkillful thief. (Cf. K301.)Skillful trackerSkillful milker

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