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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 22.
  • general Basset RTP VII 282, VIII 20
Within the index

Filed under Ordeal by fire. Suspected person must pass through or jump over fire to determine guilt or innocence.

Filed beside it
Ordeal by burning coalOrdeal by hot ironOrdeal by boiling waterOrdeal by spitting. Extinguishing fire is proof of innocence

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