μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • EnglishWells 66 (Ywain and Gawain), 134 (Sir Degare)
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "aventures"
  • ArabianBurton Nights VI 1–83, S IV 420, 509ff. This motif is prominent in Romances of Chivalry.
  • general *Type 650
Within the index

Filed under Quests voluntarily undertaken.

1 finer motif beneath it
Old warrior longs for more adventure. Refuses to rest in old age
Filed beside it
Prince a-hunting enters on questQuest to undertake feats of valorQuest to distant king for military aidQuest for a strong adversaryPursuit of rolling cake leads to questQuest undertaken before hero will marryQuest undertaken by hero for vengeanceQuests voluntarily undertaken – miscellaneous

wander