μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • West IndiesFlowers 481.
Within the index

Filed under Clever dividing.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Dividing two sheep and a ram: trickster to divide with two friends. You two take one sheep; the ram and I will take the otherDividing four coins among three persons. Two coins apiece given to two; other is to wait till two more coins are foundDividing three fish among two men. Fools submit problem to trickster who solves problem by taking third fish himselfDivision of the fat and lean fowls. Two fat fowls and one lean one at meal. Hero is lean, his two hosts fat. He is to divide. One lean fowl for the two fat people; two fat fowls for the one lean manDividing the eggs: one man's hand in the pot at a time. Trickster alternates hands so fast that the other man never gets to put his hand in. He finally puts his foot in the pan
Filed beside it
Dividing by scripture quotingInherited gold ring divided between three by selling it and dividing the moneyClever dividing – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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