μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Creation of diptera.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Creation of fly: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)Flies on the ark. Noah tries to keep them out. Devil says that either the flies go in or he does. Noah chooses the lesser of two evils. Later the devil slips in nevertheless
Filed beside it
Creation of fleaCreation of gnatOrigin of mosquitoes

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