μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.
  • general Child I 40b, 487a
  • general *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt 301ff.
Within the index

Filed under Identification by tokens – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Recognition by trimmed leaf thrown from tree hiding placeMilk poured into stream as signal
Filed beside it
Identification by cupIdentification by weaponsIdentification by coat of armsIdentification by axe. Recognition by axe which man bearsRecognition by knife. Man who is werwolf recognized by knife which was carried away by the wolfRecognition by calabash. Slave recognizes calabash and knows that girl livesRecognition through booksRecognition by token – mouth-harp left by bedIdentification by magic handRecognition by tobacco-pipe
Travels with
Recognition by unique manner of carving chips. These sent down stream for recognition. (Cf. H135.)

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