μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Gods furnish substitute for child sacrifice. (Cf. S255.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S263.2.1

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“Aeneas, son of Anchises, and with him Archelochus and Acamas, sons of Antenor, and Theanus, leaders of ‘the Dardanians; of the Thracians, Acamas, son of Eusorus ; of the Cicones, Euphemus, son of Troezenus ; of the Paeonians, Pyraechmes; of the Paphlagonians, Pylaemenes, son of Bilsates; from Zelia, Pandarus, son of Lycaon ; from Adrastia, Adrastus and Amphius, sons of Merops; from Arisbe, Asius, son of Hyrtacus ; from Larissa,…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Child sacrificed to gain favor of gods.

Filed beside it
Daughters sacrificed to avert famineMan shows himself willing to sacrifice his child to prove his desire to follow God. He is prevented by abbot
Travels with
Deity saves person about to be sacrificed. (Cf. S263.2.1.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases windsTransformation: man to swineTransformation: woman to bitchTransformation: man to doveTransformation: man (woman) to almond treeTransformation by drinkingDisenchantment from tree form by embrace of loverMoly: magic plantMagic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.)Magic drinkMagic chairLotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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