μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sunken bell sounds.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Inanimate objects act as if living. · view the constellation · filed as F993

Filed across the traditions
  • England Baughman
  • Finnish-Swedish Wessman 72 No. 610
  • Lithuanian Balys 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 bleeds Plant shrieks when uprooted Object expresses sorrow Shield shrieks in battle Waters react to words of poet Sword pierces rock when possessor will break it Combat with horse's sex organ. (Cf. D1469.5.) Extraordinary heads act as living objects Substituted silver hand used as if it were of flesh and blood Cooked food grows when planted Extraordinary activity of mountains. (Cf. F755.) Inanimate object acts as if living
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Church bell sunk in river (sea). (Cf. F993.)

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