μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Deductions from observation.

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Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the JewDeduction: the king is a bastard. After dinner the king begins to dance. He is therefore called illegitimate. His mother acknowledges an intrigue with a dancerDeduction: bread made by a sick woman. It falls apart; therefore it was kneaded by a weak personDeduction: mare has she-buffalo as mother. Told by shape of hoofsDeduction: horse has been brought up on ass's milk. Has drooping earsDeduction: prince plays with children because he has been denied a normal youthDeduction: one-eyed, long-bearded thief is named Kale KhanBanker able to recognize honest merchant by a single hair of his mustacheClever deduction of wise man: the theft of a cauldron detected. Cauldron has been buried in river. Thief has no taste of salt on his body: he must have been immersed in fresh water recently

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