μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 9references

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 myth*Cross
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • Italian Novella*Rotunda
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general **A. Nutt FLR IV 1ff.
  • general *Hibbard 111 n. 6
  • general Boccaccio Decameron II No. 8 (Lee 39)
  • general v. Hahn Sagenwissenschaftliche Studien 341ff.
  • general *Dickson 42 n. 42
Within the index

Filed under Hero (heroine) of unpromising origin.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Banished youth becomes mighty kingFugitive bull-calf returns when grown and defeats his father
Filed beside it
Foundling heroWidow's son as heroOrphan heroBastard heroAnchorite's son as heroFuture hero (heroine) raised by animalHeroes sons of wife not favorite of kingHero of story neglected grandson of rajaUnpromising fourth son succeeds
Travels with
Return of the hero. (Cf. L111.1.)

wander