μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone I No. 7
  • IcelandicBoberg.
  • general *Types 300, 303
Within the index

Filed under Modest request best.

Filed beside 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 curse

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