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.

  • EnglishChild V 3, 6, 498 s. v. "tests"
  • Africa (Mpongwe)Nassau 16ff. Nos. 1, 3, 3 version 2
  • general (Basuto): Jacottet 14 No. 1.
Within the index

Filed under Other tests of truth.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Sham-dead person tested by hot lead poured on handSham dead tested by stinging insects down backSham dead tested by prickingTest of death by putting burning wood in the mouth of fallen warriorsSham dead detected by batting eyes
Filed beside it
Worn-out shoes as proof of long journeyCredential tests: proof that messenger comes from certain personNature fruitless if false judgment is passedPerson magically disfigured when he speaks falselyCasting lots as truth testTest of truth by magic objectAct of truth. Person asserts a thing as true declaring: "If my words are true, may this or that happen."Oaths before gods as test of truthTest: which of twins is elder. Younger unthinkingly hands chopsticks to elder and thus betrays his junior rankTest of innocence: apple and gold offered. Innocent person takes appleHoliness of saint tested: asked to perform miraclesGold in the Bible. A man professes to be a great Bible reader. King leaves a piece of money in the Bible. On his next visit it is still thereTest of sinFootsteps in manure (dust) as proof that dead man has walked

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