μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish Beal XXI 316
  • German Grimm Nos. 3, 6, 120
  • Spanish Exempla Keller.
  • general Types 451, 710
Within the index

Filed under Test of guilt or innocence.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Sword magically changed to wood when executioner is to decapitate innocent person Gallows rope breaks when innocent person is hanged Grass refuses to grow: indication of innocence of man hanged there. (Cf. E631.2, F974.) Ineradicable handprint as indication of innocence. (Cf. D1654.3.)
Filed beside it
Guilt or innocence of souls tested by bridge Criminal detected by having child hand knife to him Indications of innocence Decision made by contest Trial by combat. Guilt or innocence established in judicial combat
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Heaven. A blissful upper world Banishment from heaven for breaking tabu Person in magic sleep surrounded by protecting hedge Residence in a tree Devil travels in coach drawn by four blood-red horses, the hoofs of which strike fire from the pavement Suitors assigned quests Adventures from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird). (Guiding Beast.) Punishment: burning alive Angels Stubbornness
Carried in tale types

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