μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under The one compulsory thing. Unless one does this one thing, misfortune comes. (Sometimes one is under magic compulsion.)

1 finer motif beneath it
Only peacock on the steeple of the king's golden temple can be accepted as dowry
Filed beside it
Customs connected with unique compulsionThe one compulsory question. Percival must ask the meaning of the strange sights he sees; else the Fisher King will not be healedCompulsion: taking back talisman which opened treasure mountain. Hero takes treasure and forgets the talismanGirl from elfland must eat earthly food in order to remainOne must eat "death vegetable" whenever one sees it. Otherwise god will be angryCompulsion to bathe in certain waters dailyInjunction: to marry first woman metInjunction: protect certain stone from molestationCompulsion to go to certain place at certain time (or once each year)The one compulsory song. Beer cannot be brewed until an old man sings the song of the origin of beerCompulsion to tell storiesCompulsion to give food to everyone met on journey

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