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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa II Nos. 107f., 154, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 80, 142
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone III No. 5 and passim, *Rotunda
  • IndiaCowell Jātaka I 27f., *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 147, 423, II 103, 455, 1366
  • JapaneseIkeda.
  • general *Types 310, 403, 428, 431, 440, 442, 450, 451, 501, 510, 511, 545A, 585, 652, 705, 706, 707, 708, 711, 870A, 873, 875, 883A, 887
  • general Hibbard 190ff.
  • general *Roberts 196. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Success of the unpromising hero (heroine).

Filed beside it
Lowly hero marries princessLowly boy becomes king. (Most references to L161 apply here)Lowly successful hero invites king and humbles himDespised boy wins raceDespised boy wins gambling game[First Edition: L190. Unpromising hero (heroine) – miscellaneous.]
Travels with
King (rich man) weds common girl. (Cf. L162, T91.6.2.)Marriage to prince as reward for disenchanting him. (Cf. L162.)King (prince) in love with a lowly girl. (Cf. L162, T121.8.)
Carried in tale types

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