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.

  • IcelandicBoberg.
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Filed under Other vows and oaths.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Vow not to kiss anybody until father is revengedVow not to sit on father's high-seat until he is revenged
Filed beside it
Vow not to eat before hearing of adventureVow to perform act of prowessVow to watch at frightful place all nightVow to ride the forest all night and slay all comersVow never to refuse food to any manVow never to flee in fear of deathVow not to be killed by a single opponentVow never to make a nocturnal assaultBard vows that none of his profession will make a request of any manVow to ask nobody for peace, grace. (Cf. M161.4.)Other vows about fightingVow to serve only the most generous of all kingsVow not to devastate country or take revenge after releaseVow never to accept a man who does not know any sportVow not to touch certain thingPledge to say but a single phrase. In carrying out this agreement the men innocently confess a crime
Travels with
Vows concerning sex. (Cf. M151.2, M152.)

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