μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Parts of slain animals as token of slaying.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Recognition of tiger-slayer by tips of ears, nose, and tail of tigerTeeth and fingernails of slain cyclops taken as proofBeak and claws of slain monster as proof of slayingAbandoned son shows claws and tail of tiger to which his parents have exposed him
Filed beside it
Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayerTongue as proof that man has been murderedArm of monster kept as token of innocence of dog. Scottish: Campbell-McKayHead of monster as token (proof) of slayingIdentification between lovers by matching claw and leg of dragonSex organs of enemy as proof of slaying

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