μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • general Nouvelles Recreations No. 5.
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Filed under Wit combat. Test in repartee.

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?"Contest in wishingContest 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

wander