μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary bodies of water.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Pond of ambrosiaBottomless lakes (pools, etc.)Lake monster turning over causes lake to overflow surrounding mountainsPond of milk. (Cf. F711.2.1, F715.2.3.)Pond always clear because deity uses it for his bathLake of blood
Filed beside it
Water resembling fireExtraordinary sea. (Cf. D911.)Extraordinary river. (Cf. D915.)Extraordinary fountain. (Cf. D925.)Extraordinary poolExtraordinary well. (Cf. D926.)

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