μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Irish myth*Cross
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Practical retorts: hosts and guests.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Clothes thrown into the cooking food. A trickster when told that food cooking is clothes being boiled retaliates by throwing his dirty hose into the potInhospitable host punished for hospitality. An abbot has his innkeeper treat his guests with the most shameful neglect. A guest retaliates by telling the abbot that he has been very sumptuously entertained. The innkeeper is dischargedWelcome to the clothes. A man at a banquet is neglected because of his poor clothes. He changes clothes, returns, and is honored. "Feed my clothes," he says, "for it is they that are welcomed."Servant repays stingy master (mistress)Father causes inhospitable daughter to spoil her feast by deceptive advice about cookingA box connection. Man refused hospitality tells rich man he is a relative. Asked for the "connection," he tells him there is a box connection. Rich man not understanding, man explains his cart is made of box wood and is tied to a rich man's box tree. Rich man, ashamed, entertains him with all due respectGrace said in name of the host. Neglected guest thus gets his portion of food
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The greedy hostTreatment of difficult guestsTalker keeps person from eatingInappropriate entertainment repaidLuxury of host rebukedHost rebukes negligent servantGuest brings along cakes to eat. Stingy host rebuked"Cause liberality to be depicted." Answer of hungry man when host asks for suggestion for a picture to be painted of something that has not been seenDeceptive invitation to feast

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