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.

  • Irish mythCross.
Within the index

Filed under Animals help in military victory.

1 finer motif beneath it
Horse with basket of powdered peppers sent into hostile camp: enemy overcome
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Sparrows of Cirencester. Fire is attached to birds who fly in and set fire to a besieged cityBees thrown into redoubt drive out enemiesMice and hogs let loose put elephant cavalry to flightElephant drunk with toddy sent to attack enemyHorses frightened by instruments of war are backed into enemy's ranksWild fawn sent by saint into hostile army, so that all follow it and leader (enemy of saint) is slainStrategy to get into enemy city: huge rat makes a burrow

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