μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • IndonesiaDe Vries's list No. 204.
  • general *Types 517, 671, 725
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 145
  • general *BP I 322ff.
  • general Cox 500
  • general MacCulloch Childhood 354
Within the index

Filed under Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy. (Cf. M341.2.10, M343, M344.)

Filed beside it
Prophecy of death fulfilledExposure of infant to avoid fulfillment of prophecyConfinement in tower 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
Reasons for abandonment of children. (Cf. K2015, M371, M373, M375.)
Carried in tale types

wander