μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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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.

  • Irish mythCross.
Within the index

Filed under Other favorable traits of character.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Woman drinks poison that son may be kingWoman sacrifices life for son's honorMan leaps from vessel into jaws of sea-beast so as to save remaining passengersSaint threatens to take place of homicide in hell unless soul is released
Filed beside it
Emperor friendly to everyone. Would act as he should like an emperor to act toward him if he were a common manMan never listens to scandalMan speaks no evilEquanimity of the comedian. When he sees his house carried off by a flood, he fiddles the whole timePatienceGratitudeObedienceBraveryHeroismLoyaltyJusticeConscientiousnessPeacefulnessHonor

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