μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Vow not to eat or sleep until certain event is brought to pass.

Ordaining the future. · Vows and oaths. · Other vows and oaths. · view the constellation · filed as M151.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
Within the index

Filed under Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure.

1 finer motif beneath it
Vow not to eat, drink, or move from position until dead anchorite comes himself to accept necklace
Filed beside it
Vow not to eat before learning secret Vow not to marry until quest is concluded Vow not to take food or drink until manner of father's death is learned Vow not to take food or drink until enemy is killed Vow not to eat or drink before knowing if king is alive Heroine will not laugh till arrival of destined hero. (Cf. H341.) Vow not to eat until lost son is found Vow not to see friends until quest is completed

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