μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. · view the constellation · filed as F934

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
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Filed under Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Gravel rises from bottom as hero enters lake Lake rises from bramble bush Lake petrifies wood Lake disappears When dead man's body is thrown into lake, water turns pitch black and all living creatures therein die
Filed beside it
Book dropped in water by saint not wet Waters rise to drown wrongdoer Water sinks to bottom, mud rises to surface to keep prophet from drowning Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.) Water stops flowing when no longer needed Water chants song. (Cf. D1614.4, F931.12.) Waters dissolve mill-stones Chewed nut spread on waters clarifies them Extraordinary occurrence connected with sea Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Remarkable spitter. Spits lake of soap. (Cf. F934)

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