μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • ChineseGraham.
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Overweening ambition punished. Man sets self up as a godAttempt to fly to heaven punished. Car supported by eaglesPeter acts as God for a day: tires of bargain. A girl takes her goat to pasture and leaves him: "My God care for you!" Peter must run everywhere after the goatMan who has never known unhappiness or want is swallowed up by earth with all his householdDream (prophecy) of future greatness causes banishment (imprisonment)Poor man aspires to high office: made a cook
Carried in tale types

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