μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Pronouncement of curses.

25 finer motifs beneath it
Curse by oneself. The person in despair curses himself to sink with palace into the earthCurse by parentBeggar's curse. Beggar is refused request. "May your bread turn to stones!"Dying man's curseMan pursued by hatred of the godsOld woman's curse (satire)Druid's curseCurse by spiritSaint's (prophet's) curseGiantess lays a curse on the one on earth who eventually hears herCurse by berserk, giant (ogre)Curse by girl in revenge of the murdering of her foster fatherCurse by witch. (Cf. G269.4.)Curse by thrallCurse by priestCurse by monkFairy lays curse on villageCurse by kingCurse by poetCurse by animalCurse by spouseCurse by disguised deityCurse by head of religious orderCurse by other wronged man or woman +1 more
Filed beside it
Time of giving cursePlace of giving curseRecipient of curseIrrevocable curseCurse given to negate good wish. Odin gives man life three times the normal; Thor ordains that in each he is to commit crime. Odin gives him the choicest weapons; Thor denies him landed property, etcMethod of cursing

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