μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

God as a father-in-law. Nuns tell a man that they are daughters of God. "Come and marry me; I should like such a rich father-in-law."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee based on church or clergy. · view the constellation · filed as J1261.1.1

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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.

  • general Wesselski Bebel II 120 No. 60.
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Filed under Levity toward name of God.

Filed beside it
Why God has few friends. Priest consoles sick man by saying that God chastens those whom he lovesMan barks his shins on dark night. "By the great bugaboo! If I was the Almighty and had a moon, I'd hang it out on a night like this."Farmer looks at his hay on ground after a rain: "If I was a God, I'd be a God and not a damned fool!"Woman causes disturbance in church, is carried out forcibly. She remarks. "Well I am more favored than my Lord. He had but one ass to ride, while I have two."

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