μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Person (animal) swallowed without killing.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary swallowings. · view the constellation · filed as F911

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary swallowings.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Men swallow men Animals swallow animals Animal swallows man (not fatally) Jonah. Fish (or water monster) swallows a man Giant swallows man All-swallowing monster. Has whole towns of people and buildings, etc. inside Serpent swallows man
Filed beside it
Victim kills swallower from within Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) Person swallowed and disgorged Victim speaks from swallower's body One animal jumps through body of another Monster swallows people through anus Swallowed person becomes bald Swallowed person bereft of clothing Tent-house folded and swallowed as means of carrying it Extraordinary swallowings – miscellaneous

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