μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 93, 281, 434, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 630, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 265, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 309, (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 16.
  • general *Type 1650
  • general BP II 69ff.
  • general MacCulloch Childhood 365
Within the index

Filed under Victorious youngest son.

1 finer motif beneath it
Seal of humiliation put by youngest brother-in-law on the back of his rivals
Filed beside it
Name of victorious youngest son Abused son of younger co-wife becomes hero Favorite youngest son Compassionate youngest son. Kind to people or animals: rewarded Stupid youngest son becomes clever Youngest brother helps elder Only the youngest brother helps his sister perform dangerous task Younger brother given birthright of elder
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-law Trapping contest won by deception Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero Hero (heroine) of unpromising occupation

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