μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • JewishNeuman, Moreno Esdras.
Within the index

Filed under Rewards for other causes.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Ruler marries maiden who has repulsed his advancesCourtier rewarded for resisting princess's advances. When her father learns of the affair he rewards the courtier and has him marry his daughterReward for long-suffering nun: made abbess of convent
Filed beside it
Reward for perseveranceReward for fearlessness. Reward given by devil or ghostReward for marital fidelity. (Cf. Q87.)Reward for stoic endurance of painReward for asking proper questionsReward for industryReward for proficiencyReward for clevernessReward for supernatural helpReward for cureReward for musician
Travels with
Reward for marital fidelity. (Cf. Q87.)

wander