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.

  • general Type 154
  • general *Krohn Mann und Fuchs 11.
Within the index

Filed under Creditor killed or driven away.

1 finer motif beneath it
Husband promises a cow to tiger; wife frightens the tiger away
Filed beside it
Thor is to give his hammer in return for Freyja as wife. He masks as a woman and kills the giant who is to receive the hammerMan cheats devil of reward: to have man if he gets him at first grasp. Man holds cat which flies in devil's face. (Cf. K210.)Conquered warrior kills victor instead of paying

wander