μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 296 n. 84.
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Filed under Short-sighted fool loses his food.

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Getting a sword to lift the cheese. A numskull sees a cheese by the side of the road and tries to lift it up with his sword, but the sword is too short. He leaves the cheese and goes away to borrow a longer sword. Meantime someone else takes the cheeseThe bird boasts about capturing the rabbit. Meantime other birds eat the rabbitDeer lost through premature celebration. A fool in celebration of the capture of a deer puts his clothes on the bound deer. He throws a knife to cut the deer's throat but the knife cuts the snare and the deer runs away with the clothesFool kills chickens by throwing them off a balcony against a stone. Kites carry them offCrocodile goes after the second child. He finds two children bathing in the river and carries one to his hole. He tells the child to wait while he goes for the other child. Both children escapeTrickster travels while fish cook: they burn upMan saves trouble by milking cow directly into his mouthHow to remove hairs from salt. Washed with water, salt melts away

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