μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Robbers' false plea admitted: counteraccusation. Robbers claim a man's knife. In court: "The knife may indeed be theirs. I and my father were attacked yesterday by robbers. I fled. On returning I found my father killed and this knife in his body." Robbers condemned.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever pleading. · view the constellation · filed as J1162.2

Cited in the index
  • general *Wesselski Märchen 229 No. 40. Irish myth: Cross (K448.1).
Within the index

Filed under Plea by admitting accusation and discomfiting accuser.

Filed beside it
Nurse's false plea admitted: child demanded. A nurse falsely demands pay for caring for a child which she says is the hero's. In court: "The child is indeed mine; give him to me." The child belongs to a peasant. Nurse confesses and is punished Own name inscribed on a stolen object as sign of property. [Inadvertant duplication of K448.] Clever pleading: youth in court for calling king a fool, proves truth of statement because king allowed self to be duped by alchemist

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