μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg.
  • general Type 303
Within the index

Filed under Brothers.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Two brothers follow and help each other on piracy, etcTwo brothers are confusingly like each otherHostile brothersTwo brothers as contrastsBrother unjustly imprisoned by brotherMan's descendants shall serve those of his brother
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 exileBrothers scorn brother's wise counselSeveral 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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