μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Other tests of truth.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Bocca della Verità. Person swearing oath places hand in mouth of image. If oath is false the hand is bitten offStone of truth. When one stands on it he must utter truthOther magic object tests truth
Filed beside it
Worn-out shoes as proof of long journeyCredential tests: proof that messenger comes from certain personNature fruitless if false judgment is passedPerson magically disfigured when he speaks falselyCasting lots as truth testTest of death: to see whether person is dead or feigningAct of truth. Person asserts a thing as true declaring: "If my words are true, may this or that happen."Oaths before gods as test of truthTest: which of twins is elder. Younger unthinkingly hands chopsticks to elder and thus betrays his junior rankTest of innocence: apple and gold offered. Innocent person takes appleHoliness of saint tested: asked to perform miraclesGold in the Bible. A man professes to be a great Bible reader. King leaves a piece of money in the Bible. On his next visit it is still thereTest of sinFootsteps in manure (dust) as proof that dead man has walked

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