μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The Twelve Days (Gifts) of Christmas: 1 partridge, 2 turtle-doves, 3 French hens, 4 colly birds, 5 gold rings, 6 geese, 7 swans, 8 maids, 9 drummers, 10 pipers, 11 ladies, 12 lords.

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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 **Taylor JAFL XLVI 79 No. 2010A, Hdwb. d. Märchens II 172b
  • general Kristensen Danske Dyrefabler 146–60 Nos. 337–348
  • general Fb "Juledagsgave" I 54, IV 248
  • general T. Norlind Svenska Allmogens Liv 2d ed. 612.
Within the index

Filed under Ehod mi yodea (One; who knows?); Le dodici parole della verità, Las doce palabras retorneadas. The numbers from one to twelve are brought into relation with various objects, often of religious significance.

Filed beside it
The Twelve kinds of Food: 1 partridge, 2 turtledoves, 3 woodpigeons, 4 ducks, 5 rabbits, 6 hares, 7 hounds, 8 sheep, 9 oxen, 10 turkeys, 11 hams, 12 cheeses
Carried in tale types

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