μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Physical and mental requirements for suitors.

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Successful suitor to be without blotchesSuccessful suitor must have gold teethSuitors chosen with feet as only part seenSuccessful suitor must have whitest hands. Blacksmith qualifies because of frequent washing of handsSuccessful suitor must have cheeks like blood, skin like snow and hair like a raven. (Cf. Z65.1.)Suitor test: to be able to go through a wallBridegroom-to-be has to have three pecks, three quarts of gold and an animal with a horn on his head pointing to the sky, and a large red hair

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