μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • general Christensen DF XLVII 177ff.
Within the index

Filed under Absurd searches for the lost.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Marking the place on the boat. An object falls into the sea from a boat. Numskulls mark the place on the boat-rail to indicate where it fellMarking the place under the cloud. Numskulls leave a knife in the field, marking the place by putting it under a heavy cloud. Next day the cloud is gone and the knife lostMarking the place in the sand. Vessel left under mound in sand while owner is swimming. Others make similar mounds so that it is lost
Filed beside it
The needle (or the like) falls into the sea: sought the next summerThe rejected bread resought. Numskull looks for bread that he threw away a year beforeNumskull forgets name of certain food and thinks that it has fallen into sand

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