μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Rebuke to the stingy.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · The cheater cheated. · view the constellation · filed as J1522

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2 finer motifs beneath it
Half price for half a shave. A man asks to be shaved at half price. The barber shaves one side. He must pay the other half for the rest of the shave Stingy man rebuked when his children are feasted in his absence. They think he has been responsible and honor him. He reforms
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A rule must work both ways Impossible demand rebuked Healed with his own medicine You lead and I will follow: hard command thus evaded Rogues exchange objects and cheat each other Thieves deceived by prearranged conversation which they overhear. (Cf. K420.) Swindler's plans foiled Poor girl outwits prince in fright-contest. He frightens her and later mocks her with her words of fright. She plays the same trick on him Soldier's practical retort to officer Dream answered by dream. Priests misinterpret raja's dream and get his horses. Trickster advises raja to announce dream demanding cauterization of the priests. They return horses

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