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.

  • general *Types 300, 329, 531, 550, 552, 554, 665.
Within the index

Filed under Help in performing tasks.

1 finer motif beneath it
Pigeons cover the sun's rays with their outstretched wings and lengthen night to six months so that hero's task can be completed in one night
Filed beside it
Task performed with help of old personTasks accomplished with help of grateful deadTasks performed by helpful forest spiritsTask performed with help of supernatural wifeTasks performed by deityTask performed by mysterious strangerTasks performed with help of brotherTask performed with help of angel. (Cf. N810.)Tasks performed with help of saintTask performed with help of druidHelp in performance of tasks: invisible handsTask performed with aid of magic object
Carried in tale types

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