μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.
  • general Tawney IT 431
Within the index

Filed under Test of cleverness or ability.

1 finer motif beneath it
Song duel. Contest in singing
Filed beside it
Sons tested for skillTest of wisdomTest of learningTest of skill in handiworkTest of cleverness: uttering three wise words. Youths called on to do so display by their answers extraordinary powers of deductionTest of resourcefulnessWit combat. Test in reparteeTest: finding answer to certain questionTests of cleverness or ability: miscellaneous
Travels with
Tests of poetic ability. (Cf. H503.)

wander