μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 516
  • general *BP I 46
  • general **Rösch FFC LXXVII 96
Within the index
18 finer motifs beneath it
Friends want to divide good and evilFriends avenge each otherDying hero sends greetings to friendsFriends want their children to be friends tooDefeated 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 conductDeeds of friendship – miscellaneous
Travels with
Loyal friends refuse to fight against disgraced comrade. (Cf. P310.)

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