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.

  • Irish mythCross.
Within the index

Filed under Accidental success in hunting or fishing.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Lucky cast of spear – animal's mouth pinned shutLucky cast of ball: boy throws ball into mouth of hostile hound. Ball carries out entrailsLucky cast of ball made of human brains – ball sticks in head of enemyLucky cast from sling slays hostile queen
Filed beside it
Lucky shot with arrow – foot and ear of deer. Deer is scratching earGame killed by jumping on it from aboveMan 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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