μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Cleverness in detection of truth.

1 finer motif beneath it
Husband relates his wife's adultery in pretended dream. She dies from fright
Filed beside it
Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnessesConfession obtained by a rusePseudo-scientific methods of detectingThief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caughtEaters of stolen food detectedDetection through aid of animalDetection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashesMiscellaneous means of detecting

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