μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Ordeals. Guilt or innocence thus established.

Filed beside it
Ordeal by fire. Suspected person must pass through or jump over fire to determine guilt or innocenceOrdeal by water. Guilt or innocence shown by ability to swimOrdeal by poisonOrdeal by crocodiles (snakes). Judgment depends on whether person is devoured or rejected by crocodilesOrdeal by rope-walkingOrdeal by balance. Defendant is weighed twice. He must be lighter second timeOrdeal: carrying murdered man's blood. Must not spill itOrdeal by creeping under a sod partially detached from the earth without its falling downOrdeal by bread and cheese. Declaration: if I am not innocent may I choke on bread and cheeseOrdeal: taking stone out of bucket. Color indicates guilt or innocenceScales test: weighing witch against BibleOrdeal: cock under pot crows when guilty person touches pot
Travels with
Exposure in boat. A person (usually woman or child) set adrift in a boat (chest, basket, cask)Exposure of child in boat (floating chest). See references for S141, nearly all of which refer to this motif

wander