μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Contest in making mouths water. Hero uses certain berry that always causes mouths of onlookers to water.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Test of cleverness or ability. · view the constellation · filed as H509.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Tests of cleverness or ability: miscellaneous.

Filed beside it
Test: threading needle. Guest of convent is given choice of nuns. On the morrow he is given three opportunities to thread a needle. Success means reward, failure confiscation of his belongings Chess game as test Tests of poetic ability. (Cf. H503.) Test: telling skillful lie

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