μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Rescuers.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Giant rescues maidenGiant rescues woman from burning at stake. (Cf. R175.)
Filed beside it
Husband rescues wifeWife rescues husbandParents rescues child. (Cf. S351.)Children rescue parentsBrothers rescue brothersBrother rescues sister(s). (Cf. G551.1.)Sisters rescue sisters. (Cf. G551.2.)Sister rescues brother(s)Lover rescues his ladyRescue by captor's daughter (wife, mother)Rescue by grateful dead man. (Cf. E341.)Rescue by saint (holy man). (Cf. R121.6.)Brothers having extraordinary skill rescue princessMaster rescues discipleAngels as rescuersOther rescuers
Travels with
Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.)

wander