μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Inhabitants of extraordinary castle.

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. · view the constellation · filed as F771.4

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Filed under Extraordinary castle (house, palace).

7 finer motifs beneath it
Castle inhabited by ogres Cat castle. Castle occupied by cats (enchanted women) Abandoned castle. Has no inhabitants when hero enters Castle in which everyone is asleep Castle (house) haunted by demons Castle in which inhabitants have been turned to stone Castle inhabited by enchanted princess
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Castle of unusual material Castle (house) with extraordinary support Extraordinary location of castle Extraordinary guard for castle Phantom house: disappears at dawn Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey Castle of extraordinary size Road runs through house (banqueting-hall) Castle shall stand when everything else has departed (Gimle and Brimir) Seven rooms in ascetic's house: in one, human heads; in another, horses; in third, dogs; in fourth, pots; in fifth, pile of men's arms; in sixth, a kitchen; in seventh, ascetic lives Building at bottom of which flows stream of rubies Castle warmed by love. No fire is required because love makes perpetual summer

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