μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 6, 323 Nos. 112, 113, 329 Nos. 31, 33
  • IrishBeal XXI 331f., O'Suilleabhain 99–102, *Cross
  • Jewishbin Gorion Born Judas VI 123, 311.
  • general *Type 470
Within the index

Filed under Promises connected with death.

Filed beside it
Dying man's promise will be keptFriends in life and death. In pursuance of the pledge, the living follows the other to the world of the deadPromise to be buried with wife if she dies firstDeathbed promise concerning the second wife. Promises his dying wife that he will not marry unless the bride meets the specifications the dying wife imposesPromise to dying man brokenDying monster's request and promise. Hero is to drink his blood, suck his eyes and brains, and give his heart to his loved one to eat. He will become marvelously strong and his wife will have three sons and four daughters with great powersPromise to dying man sacred

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