μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 276 n. 18a.
  • general *Cox 480
  • general *BP II 232
  • general *MacCulloch Childhood 191
Within the index
3 finer motifs beneath it
Modest request: present from the journey. Asked what her father shall bring her as a present, the heroine chooses a modest gift. It is usually a flower but sometimes does not turn out to be such a simple gift after all (golden cloak, golden apple)Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curseHero refuses reward. Rides away without it

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