μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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  • JapaneseIkeda.
  • general Type 1925
Within the index

Filed under Wit combat. Test in repartee.

1 finer motif beneath it
Three brothers contest in wishing. Third wishes for all that the other brothers have wished for
Filed beside it
Princess offered to man who can defeat her in reparteeTest: making senseless remarks. King brought to say, "What is the sense in that?"Wit combat among three sisters for additional dowry. Replies to husbands when their premarital pregnancy is noticedContest in scolding as introduction to battleLiterary contest won by deception: he who will be first silenced is the loser. When the false teacher answers in nonsense syllables, the true scholar is speechless and so loses contest
Carried in tale types

wander