μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • EnglandBaughman
  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 72 No. 610
  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 3610.
  • general *Sartori Zs. f. Vksk. VII 113, 270, VIII 29
Within the index

Filed under Inanimate objects act as if living.

1 finer motif beneath it
Sunken bell sounds at certain times
Filed beside it
Object bleedsPlant shrieks when uprootedObject expresses sorrowShield shrieks in battleWaters react to words of poetSword pierces rock when possessor will break itCombat with horse's sex organ. (Cf. D1469.5.)Extraordinary heads act as living objectsSubstituted silver hand used as if it were of flesh and bloodCooked food grows when plantedExtraordinary activity of mountains. (Cf. F755.)Inanimate object acts as if living
Travels with
Church bell sunk in river (sea). (Cf. F993.)

wander