μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 22
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseGraham
  • AfricaWerner African 214, (Ekoi): Talbot 208.
  • general *Types 461, 516 930
  • general *Rösch FFC LXXVII 120ff.
  • general Chauvin VIII 145 No. 145C
  • general *Oesterley No. 20
  • general *Herbert III 198. Icelandic: Boberg
  • general S. Am. Indian (Central Brazil): Ehrenreich International Congress of Americanists XIV 662
Within the index
16 finer motifs beneath it
Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fireCold test. Attempt to freeze hero to deathPoisoned food test. Attempt to kill hero by feeding him poisoned foodPoisoned clothing test. Attempt to kill hero by poisoning clothingTest: bite of poisonous snakeClam test. Hero is sent to capture a giant clam, so that he can be killedKilling trees threaten heroClashing rocks test: hero to pass between themSpine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spikeWedge test. Hero is caught in cleft of treeHanging test. Unavailing attempt to kill hero by hangingPlank test. Attempt to kill hero by letting plank fall on himPrecipice test. Hero is pushed over a precipiceToboggan test. Attempt to kill hero on dangerous tobogganTest: playing game with ferocious beastDrowning test. Unavailing attempt to drown hero

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