μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Prophecy: death from hands of man with one sandal.

Ordaining the future. · Prophecies. · Unfavorable prophecies. · view the constellation · filed as M341.2.9

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“Tiphys, son of Hagnias, who steered the ship; Orpheus, son of Oeagrus; Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas ; Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus ; Telamon and Peleus, sons of Aeacus; Hercules, son of Zeus; Theseus, son of Aegeus; Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus; Ampbhiaraus, son of Oicles; Caeneus, son of Coronus; Palaemon, son of Hephaestus or of Aetolus ; Cepheus, son of Aleus ; Laertes son of Arci- sius; Autolycus, son of Hermes;…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

Within the index

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 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 at hands of man bearing a certain nameProphecy: death from thorns in rice
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Sleepless dragonBrazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5)Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.)Bird languageGrateful animalsHelpful serpentTabu: falsely claiming the powers of a godTransformation and disenchantment at willPower of self-transformation received from a godMagic ship. (Cf. D1121.)Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.)Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at intervals. (Cf. D931.)

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