μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Brown JAOS XXIX 43 n. 40, Penzer III 241, 250f., V 64ff., IX 152, 155
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Borrower's absurditiesAdulteress's absurdity rebukedAbsurdities concerning birth of animals, or men. (Cf. J1531.3.)Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstreamRuler's absurdity rebukedOne absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous

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