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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Brothers.

1 finer motif beneath it
Brothers kill brother because they fail to understand his wise answer
Filed beside it
Friend unfaithful but brother faithful. Brought to test by actions at apparent death of heroWarrior will not fight where his brother was slain. Place considered defiledBrothers follow each other in exileTwo brothersSeveral brothersOlder brother has birthright, entitling him to a double share. (Cf. P233.11.)Repudiation of relationship of birth between man and his bad brother

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