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.

  • IcelandicBoberg.
Within the index

Filed under Accidental success in hunting or fishing.

1 finer motif beneath it
Tortoise jumps from tree and breaks rhinoceros's back
Filed beside it
Lucky shot with arrow – foot and ear of deer. Deer is scratching earLucky cast of spear (weapon)Man falls into well and accidentally kills cobra: rewardedFish jumps into boat of disheartened fishermanAss falls into water and catches fish in his earDestructive elephant eats poison man has prepared for himself. Man rewarded

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