μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
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.

  • Jewish*Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 269
Within the index

Filed under Choice of kings.

3 finer motifs beneath it
King chosen by contest: princes finding greatest fault with their father. Youngest can find no fault and is chosenKing chosen by contestThe one of two giant brothers who gets the most skillful princess elected as king
Filed beside it
Prophecy that brother who first kisses saint will be kingChoice of king of treesChoice of kings by divine willOwner of magic object chosen as kingKing chosen on basis of strength and exploitsHe who can fill out a certain wide seat chosen as kingInauguration of king as espousal to goddess

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