μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 330 n. 191g.
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Filed under Quest assigned because of feigned illness. Lion's milk (or the like) said to be necessary as cure; hero therefore sent on dangerous quest.

Filed beside it
Quest assigned by wife through appeal to husband's love for her. He is sent for liver of dangerous animal Prince sulks until quest is accomplished Quest assigned because of longings of pregnant woman
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic spittle Magic excrements Magic tears Magic ornament provides treasure Magic building provides treasure Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire Tree-pulling contest Deceptive eating contest Escape by shamming death: blood and brains. The trickster covers himself with paint (or the like) so that he will be thought to have bled to death (or with milk so that it will be thought that his brains have been knocked out) Substitute smoker. The hero is compelled to smoke a fatal pipe, but the helpful insect which he carries on his head smokes the pipe for him The false bridegroom (substitute bridegroom). Takes the place of the true bridegroom

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