μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Extraordinary club. (Cf. F531.4.5.4.)

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary weapons. · view the constellation · filed as F835

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“Go very slowly, and you will reach there at night; it is not far from here. It is a very difficult country where you are going. Maybe you will not be able to get there.’”’ She gave him a stuffed frog and some glue. ‘“‘When- ever the mountains are too steep for you to climb, cry, ‘Where is my grandmother?’ put glue on your hands, and climb, and you will stick to the rocks. When you reach your next grand- mother, she will advise you well.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 54 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
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
  • HawaiiBeckwith Myth 204.
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary weapons.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Winking club. Head of a club is like a bird's head; its eyes winkRemarkably large club
Filed beside it
Silver weaponExtraordinary arrowExtraordinary lanceExtraordinary swordExtraordinary spearExtraordinary bowExtraordinary battle-axeExtraordinary knifeOther extraordinary weapons
Travels with
Giant has stone shield
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastityNuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite timeMiscellaneous forms of transformationMagic pastry (bread, cake, etc.)Infant picks out his unknown fatherSuccession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.)Girl as helper

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