μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Murder by stabbing in ear. (Cf. S112.3.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Murders. · view the constellation · filed as S115.1

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“The Lightning left him a club, and said, “Man, I came here to tell you about your wife for whom you are mourning. You do not know where she is, or how she came to be missing. That old woman drowned her in the big water. The old woman broke the rope and the girl is drowned in the big water. This club you must keep in a safe place. I was sent here to you, and I will help you get your wife back, and you must not be afraid of the big water.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 69 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
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.

  • KoryakJochelson JE VI 236, 265
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 350 n. 264.
Within the index

Filed under Murder by stabbing.

Filed beside it
Murder by sticking needle through headMurder by piercing with pins and needles
Travels with
Murder by hot lead poured into ear. (Cf. S115.1.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Dead mother returns to see babyFatal swinging game. Old woman causes swing to break when her rival is swingingPrincess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.)

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