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

  • general *Types 450, 451
  • general Child I 315f.
Within the index

Filed under Sister and brother.

1 finer motif beneath it
Brother faithful to persecuted sister
Filed beside it
Sister's sonOne sister and two brothersOne sister and three (four) brothersOne sister and ten brothersOne sister and six (seven, eleven, twelve) brothersBrother about to drink blood of seemingly guilty sisterBrother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceableGirl comes to brother's aid when he is attacked. She slays the assailant and is eventually acquittedSister avenges brother's deathSister warns brothersBrothers persecute sister's lover and are in return killed by himClever sister saves life of brotherWoman dies of sorrow for death of brother
Carried in tale types

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