μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • RussianAfanasief "Tale of Prince Arta" (Moscow, 1897) 149 (cited in von Sydow Fåvne 45).
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Filed under Prophecy: death by particular instrument. In spite of all precautions the prophecy is fulfilled.

Filed beside it
Prophecy: death by particular weaponProphecy: death by mistletoeProphecy: death by stormProphecy: death by drowningProphecy: three-fold death. Child to die from hunger, fire, and water. It so happensProphecy: death by horse's head. Man is killed in that wayProphecy: death by wolf. Killed by a wolf claw (or by a cat transformed to wolf)Prophecy: death by fireProphecy: death by poisonProphecy: death from hands of man with one sandalProphecy: death from bite of stone lion. Man killed by scorpion concealed in the statueProphecy: death by lightningProphecy: death through future husbandProphecy: death through spindle woundProphecy: death by means of boneProphecy: death from thorns in rice

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