μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Golden apple.

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary trees, plants, fruit, etc. · view the constellation · filed as F813.1.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • English Child I 364f.
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Italian Novella Rotunda
  • Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 400 n. 1, Fox 87 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. IX
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general Type 502
  • general BP III 111
  • general *Cox Cinderella 494
  • general *Fb "æble" III 1135b, "guldæble" I 515b, 516a, "træ" III 867a, "frugttræ" I 376b. – Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary apple.

Filed beside it
Silver apple Copper apple Brass apple
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic transportation by golden apple. (Cf. D981.1, F813.1.1.) Soul in golden apple. (Cf. F813.1.1.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.) Punishment: transformation of lovers into lion and lioness for desecrating temple. They have had sexual relations in the temple. It was believed that lions do not mate with each other; hence their sin could not be repeated
Carried in tale types

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