μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • IrishBeal XXI 329, O'Suilleabhain 90
  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 45, 52 Nos. 313, 345, Espinosa II Nos. 122ff., 168–171, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 70–73, 210.
Within the index

Filed under The good gifts of fortune.

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Wish for exalted husband realized. Girls make wish that they may marry king (prince, etc.). It so happensWishes for good fortune realizedLucky personLost object returns to its ownerMoney cannot be kept from where it is destined to go. Miser told that his hoard is to go to poor man. He hides it in a trunk and throws it into the sea but it drifts to the house of the poor man who tries in vain to restore it to its ownerMan fated to be richChild borne off by tiger, which is caught by griffin, which is killed by lioness, which rears child with her whelpsFirst objects picked up bring fortuneMan must have drinking horn; stumble reveals one as he departs on searchMan finds treasure he refused as giftMan robbed and penniless entertained by wealthy widow and enrichedWrecked man saved on coffer of jewels; becomes richMan who is impoverished is given high post by princess in disguise. Marries her. (Cf. N251.3.)Leopard tied in bag in water floats to shore and finds a mate. Grateful to trickster who has tied him upThe fourteen lucky daughters. The husband leaves his wife, who has given birth to fourteen girls, thinking he is persecuted by bad luck because of failure to have a son. On the seashore, the girls find precious stones. The wife, now prosperous, finds her husband among beggarsBoast of poor boy made good by fate: he boasts to elder brothers he will build a palace on a certain spot; accidentally comes on treasure trove and makes good his boast
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