μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Spanish ExemplaKeller.
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Filed under Short-sightedness in dealing with children.

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Anticipatory whipping. A schoolmaster whips his pupils to keep them from wrong-doing. He does not wait until after the deed is doneScolding the drowning child instead of helping himAbsent-minded nurse lets child down into well instead of bucketNumskull is sent to fetch children. He either smothers them during conveyance or scalds them during bathing. (Cf. J2465.4.)Numskull kills his children trying to cure their illness

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