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

3 finer motifs beneath it
Fox and crane invite each other. Fox serves the food on a flat dish so that the crane cannot eat. Crane serves his food in a bottleBugs unable to eat honey at banquet of bees, and bees unable to eat dung at bug's dinnerCrop division between parrot and cat: they try to cheat each other by inviting to a dinner in turns every day
Filed beside it
Inhospitality repaidThe greedy hostTreatment of difficult guestsTalker keeps person from eatingLuxury 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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