μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone III No. 8
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Hawaii*Beckwith Myth 151, 337f.
  • TuamotuStimson MS (T-G. 3/928).
Within the index

Filed under Other marvelous powers.

13 finer motifs beneath it
Marvelous runner keeps leg tied up. To prevent him from running awayMarvelous runner outstrips March windMarvelous runner swift as thoughtMarvelous runner swift as sightMarvelous runner can run round earth in five minutesMarvelous runner catches wild game on the runMarvelous runner runs backwardsMarvelous runner captures two of every wild animalMan who is too heavy for any horse walks faster than horseback ridersMarvelous swift plowerMarvelous swift mowerRunner runs so swiftly that he does not snap the ears of wheat (bend grass)Boy runs so fast snow makes rainbow behind him
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Man can stand all day on one footSparks come from man's feetMarvelous jumperMarvelous withstander of coldBody with marvelous heat. Melts snow thirty feet around and serves as fuel for man's companionsRemarkable fragrance (odor) of personMan with marvelous voiceMan can breathe nine days under waterPerson with remarkable memory. (Cf. F654.)Wounds inflicted by certain man always fatalSaint passes through closed doorsExtraordinary reading abilityMarvelous swimmerMarvelous ball playerMarvelous jugglerAdditional marvelous powers

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