μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller.
  • general *Penzer III 272 n. 1
Within the index

Filed under Brothers and sisters.

8 finer motifs beneath 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 counselTwo 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
Filed beside it
Elder children to protect youngerSistersSister and brother

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