μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 12references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • GreekGrote I 85
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 109, 428, 598, II 1220
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 202 No. 149
  • Africa (Wakweli)Bender 103.
  • general *Type 930
  • general **Aarne FFC XXIII 110ff.
  • general *BP IV 116 n. 10
  • general *Fb "rig" III 55a
  • general *Cosquin Études 27ff.
Within the index
9 finer motifs beneath it
Prophecy of death fulfilledExposure of infant to avoid fulfillment of prophecyConfinement in tower to avoid fulfillment of prophecyExpulsion to avoid fulfillment of prophecySlaughter of innocents to avoid fulfillment of prophecyGod swallows his pregnant wife to prevent birth of son whom he fearsSword that is to kill one is weighted and sunk so as to avoid the prophecy. (Cf. M341.2.)Man whose death has been prophesied takes refuge in church, but is accidentally slain through window by arrow directed at stagFutile moving to avoid death. Man told by Death he will die where he stands sells everything and moves to another town. He goes for a ride on a mare which runs away with him and throws him on the spot he so dreads, killing him
Travels with
Prophecy: death from bite of stone lion. Man killed by scorpion concealed in the statueParricide prophecy. In spite of all attempts to thwart the fates, the child kills his fatherMother-incest prophecy. In spite of all precautions the youth marries his mother
Carried in tale types

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