Letter

Z. Miscellaneous groups of motifs

Group No.

Z300 – Z399

Group name

Unique exceptions

Description

Z311. Achilles heel. Invulnerability except in one spot. **DeCock Studien 153ff. – Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 97; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norse: De la Saussaye 144, Von Sydow Fåvne 27ff.; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Greek: *Basset RTP XXV 124 n. 1, Frazer Apollodorus II 60 n. 2, 214 n. 1; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Keith 125, Penzer I 127; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 389; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 67; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 345 n. 246; Africa: Werner African 236, (Fang): Trilles 202.
 
Z316. Only one way to besiege certain city. Jewish: Neuman.