μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
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.

  • Irish myth*Cross.
  • general Dickson 185
Within the index

Filed under Types of unpromising heroes (heroines).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Child silent till seventh yearSilent hero
Filed beside it
Hero (heroine) of unpromising originHero (heroine) of unpromising appearanceHero (heroine) of unpromising occupationHero (heroine) of unpromising habitsSuccessful foolish sonInsane hero (heroine)Stupid hero. (Cf. Z253.)Unsophisticated heroPauper hero

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