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
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Determination of luck or fate.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Child born with objects that indicate fateDeath forestalls evil fates. Mother shown what would have been the evil fates of her children if they had not diedNewborn girl fated to be a courtesanSeventh daughter predestined to be magician. (Cf. Z71.5.)
Filed beside it
Lucky or unlucky placesChoices by chanceLots cast to determine luck or fateThe auspicious (lucky) day (days). (Cf. N53.)Unlucky days ("cross-days")
Carried in tale types

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