μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

King: Show me a ruby eight for a pice, nectar eight for a pice, and a faithless creature worth one-eighth of a pice. Minister: The lamp sells at eight for a pice and gives more light than any ruby; the water is the real nectar; and the dog is worthless and faithless lover because he follows anyone who feeds him.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Enigmatic statements. · view the constellation · filed as H587.1

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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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under King gives enigmatic order to minister.

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Enigmatic letter of king must be explained on pain of death

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