μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Curse: humiliation.

Ordaining the future. · Curses. · Curses on persons. · view the constellation · filed as M438

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
Within the index

Filed under Curses on persons.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Curse: man (poet) to kiss a leper Curse: hero not to be able to stand the sight of blood Girl bewitched so that no man will remain faithful to her Curse: hero to remain as dead till the curser dies Dying father condemns weak son to be servant of his brothers
Filed beside it
Curse: bodily injury Curse: to be carried off by evil spirit Endless sleep given Endymion Curse: to be swallowed by a siren Curse: not to taste food from own table. Food always seized by harpies Curse: prince to fall in love with witch's daughter Curse: monstrous birth Curse: failure in all undertakings Curse: deformity Curse: privation Curse of childlessness Giant cursed: may neither heaven nor earth receive him Curse: undertaking dangerous quest Curse: to sink into the earth Curse: death Curse: insanity

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