μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Vulnerability only by one person.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Unique exceptions · Unique vulnerability. · view the constellation · filed as Z313

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Hindu Keith 153.
Within the index

Filed under Unique vulnerability.

1 finer motif beneath it
Only one person can overtake hero
Filed beside it
Achilles heel. Invulnerability except in one spot Unique deadly weapon. Only one thing will kill a certain man Sword which will break in only one peril: this known only to the maker of the sword Ogre vulnerable only when his face is turned away when he is struck Only one way to besiege certain city

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