μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller.
  • general *Hartland Perseus I 14
Within the index

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

4 finer motifs beneath it
All male children killed for fear that they will overcome parentSlaughter of children to prevent fulfillment of parricide prophecyChild mutilated to avoid fulfillment of prophecyWooers slain to avoid fulfillment of prophecy
Filed beside it
Prophecy of death fulfilledExposure of infant to avoid fulfillment of prophecyConfinement in tower to avoid fulfillment of prophecyExpulsion 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
Cruel father, learning that he is to be killed by his son, puts to death all children born to him. (Cf. M375.)Reasons for abandonment of children. (Cf. K2015, M371, M373, M375.)

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