μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • Icelandic*Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Friendship.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Dying man asks friends to let his son inherit his friendship together with his father's weaponsFriends' children become enemies
Filed beside it
Friends want to divide good and evilFriends avenge each otherDying hero sends greetings to friendsDefeated enemy turns true friend. (Cf. P311.1.)One friend dies shortly after the otherMan wins wife for his friendFriendship possible only between equalsFriends given the power of reading each other's secret thoughtsSworn brethren. Friends take an oath of lasting brotherhoodBlood-brotherhood. Friends take oath of brotherhood by means of mixing their bloodMilk-brotherhood. Friends bound in brotherhood through partaking of milk from the same womanCombat of disguised friendsFriends offer to die for each other. (Bürgschaft.) Each falsely confesses crime so as to save the other. Neither guilty. Often combined with P325Friend sacrifices his life for the otherRefusal to believe that a friend has spoken ill of oneMan refuses to follow friend in wicked conduct

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