Folktales in Homer's Odyssey"... Ponts to the long-neglected folkloric aspects of the Odyssey's major plotline ..." and draws upon analogous tales from New Zealand and elsewhere. |
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adjective adventure Aeolus ancient archer Argonautica arrow audience axe-head Bedr Basim C. J. Longman called cattle century B.C. Circe common folktale companions Cyclops earth eaten epic Epic of Gilgamesh episode Erzählungen Eurylochus explanation fact female flower Folk-Lore 19 folklore folktale Frazer giants gonians Goodyear Greek Gulf of Bothnia handle handle-tip Hermes hero Herodotus Hesiod hole Hutu Indian Indian lotus island Izanagi Jātaka keel kill knots Laestry Laestrygonians Lamos land lived lotus Lotus-Eaters magical Mahāvamsa means moly motif Mycenaean Myth narrative Nelumbo Night and Day Nymphaea Odyssean Odysseus ogre palace Pāli paths of Night place name plainly poet Radermacher Rāma Rāmāyana region remote saga Schol ship shoot shot Sirens sorceress tale Telepylus tell thou told transformation into pigs twelve axes underworld wind word Zeus δὲ δρυόχους καὶ μὲν οἱ τὰ τὴν τῆς τῶν