μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • Irish myth*Cross
  • Jewish*Neuman.
  • general **E. Bass Die merkmale der israelitischen Prophetie nach der traditionellen Auffassung des Talmud (Berlin, 1917)
  • general *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 66–100
Within the index

Filed under Prophecies.

23 finer motifs beneath it
Prophet destined never to be believedProphet speaks six nights each yearWild man as prophetOld woman as prophetDruids as prophetsProphecies from old man who writes in a bookSaints (holy men) as prophetsFairies as prophetsBiblical worthy as prophetPersonification prophesiesHalf-wit as prophetAngels as prophets. (Cf. V230.)Spirit as prophet. (Cf. F400.)Three fates, "norns", prophesy at child's birthIcelandic guardian spirits, "spádísar", prophesy victorySummoned dead prophesiesMountain in human shape prophesies whole family's deathGods prophesy both good and evil about hero's fateKing as prophetPoet as prophetSmith as prophetChild as prophetSibyl as prophet. Writes on leaves blown about by winds. (Cf. M302.8.)
Filed beside it
Prophecy by Jesus that certain people shall live "till coming of Patrick." So it wasUnconscious prophecyProphetic gift received from another prophetSuppression of prophecyMeans of prophesyingProphecy by reading palmProphecy from enigmatical laugh. (Cf. N456.)Ambiguous oracleEnigmatical prophecy
Travels with
Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.). (Cf. M301.)

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