μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Lie concerning babyhood and boyhood of hero.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: the remarkable man. · Lie: the remarkable man – his birth, growth, death, physical powers, strength. · Lie: the remarkable man. · view the constellation · filed as X912

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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.

  • general England, U.S.: *Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Lie: the remarkable man. (Cf. F500–F599.)

Filed beside it
Lie concerning birth of heroLie: death of extraordinary manLie: persons with remarkable bodily parts

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