μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Extraordinary castle (house, palace).

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary buildings and furnishings.

13 finer motifs beneath it
Castle of unusual material Castle (house) with extraordinary support Extraordinary location of castle Inhabitants of extraordinary 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
Filed beside it
Extraordinary tower Remarkable church (chapel, temple) Extraordinary pillars Extraordinary tent Extraordinary gate Extraordinary rooms Extraordinary doors and windows Extraordinary carpet Extraordinary table Extraordinary throne Extraordinary chair Extraordinary bed Remarkable bier Extraordinary buildings and furnishings – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic castle (palace) provides treasure. (Cf. D1131, F771.) Magic castle shines from afar. (Cf. D1131, F771.) Submarine castle (palace). (Cf. F771.)

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