μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • IrishPlummer I clxxvi
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 428
  • West IndiesFlowers 436.
  • general *Plenzat Hdwb. d. Märch. s. v. "Fressmärchen"
Within the index
11 finer motifs beneath it
Person (animal) swallowed without killingVictim kills swallower from withinVictims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.)Person swallowed and disgorgedVictim speaks from swallower's bodyOne animal jumps through body of anotherMonster swallows people through anusSwallowed person becomes baldSwallowed person bereft of clothingTent-house folded and swallowed as means of carrying itExtraordinary swallowings – miscellaneous
Travels with
Lies about swallowing. (Cf. F910.)

wander