μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. Nos. 139, 206f.
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Abridgment of freedom as punishment.

13 finer motifs beneath it
Imprisonment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.)Defeated giants imprisoned in lower worldZeus has embassy of dogs imprisoned for fouling his court. (Cf. Q322.)Imprisonment for imposture. (Cf. Q262.)Imprisonment for attempted seduction. (Cf. Q243.2.1.)Priest imprisoned for incontinence. (Cf. Q243.)Imprisonment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.)Imprisonment for gambling. (Cf. Q381.)Wicked son confined on islandEarl hunting in the king's forest imprisonedUndesired suitor's messengers imprisonedPunishment: abridgment of freedom till extravagant boast is confirmedWar prisoners shut up between stones
Filed beside it
Imposition of tabu as punishmentPunishment: banishment (exile)Punishment: ejectmentPunishment: fetteringMagic imprisonment in cleft treeExcommunication from religious association as punishmentSale into slavery as punishmentPunishment: abandonment in forest. (Cf. S143.)

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