μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 11references

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 myth*Cross
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • SpanishEspinosa II Nos. 115f., Espinosa Jr. Nos. 143, 145
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 80, 491, 510,
  • general *Type 709
  • general *Böklen 100ff.
  • general *Child V 491 s. v. "Poisoning"
Within the index

Filed under Murders.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Murder with poisoned breadMurder with poisoned laceMurder with poisoned combMurder with poisoned appleMurder with poisoned book. King wets finger to turn leaves and falls deadMurder with poisoned robe. Consumes wearerMurder with poisoned slippersMurder by feeding poisonous snakeMurder by placing a poisoned fingernail on step
Filed beside it
Old people killed in famineMan kills all guests, hoping some day to kill rivalPrincess builds tower of skulls of unsuccessful suitorsPrince resolves to drive relatives from his domain. Kills manyMurderer kills all who come to certain spotBurning to death. (See notes to K955 and Q414.)Murder by strangling. See references to Q424Murder by flayingMurder by stabbingMurder by crushing. (Cf. S167.)Death by dragging behind horseMurder by cuttingMurder by slamming down chest-lid. Done while victim is looking into the chestFlogging to death. (Cf. Q458.2.)Burial aliveImmolation
Travels with
Punishment by poisoning. (Cf. S111.)

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