μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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 Novella*Rotunda.
  • general Scala Celi 21a No. 128
  • general Herbert III 35ff.
  • general Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 45
Within the index

Filed under Choice between evils – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it
Weaver prefers master with one hedgehog. Insists on his master putting hedgehog out of house. When master refuses, weaver leaves. Next master has two hedgehogs, and next has three. Weaver returns to first master
Filed beside it
Choice: staying at home with loving wife or going to tavern and having unfaithful wife. Man chooses latterSheep and ignorant shearer. Had rather die than suffer longer from himChoice: a big piece of cake with my curse or a small piece with my blessingBetter send an ugly woman to the devil than a pretty one. Man chooses ugly mistressChoice between bad master, bad official, or bad neighbor. Bad master can do evil if he desires to do so; bad official can harm a poor person and complain against him to his master; bad neighbor can betray secret things about his neighbors. Bad neighbor worstBad choice between poor and miserly man. Neither makes good leaderRower prefers to be stoned by his master rather than remain out in the stormMan retains questionable bride for fear of getting one who is worseThe smaller the evil the better. Therefore choose the smallest woman possible for a brideTake money instead of revenge. Fool advises uncle, in letter which he did not send, to take money from wife's paramour instead of revengePrisoners given choice between emasculation and blindingGod's punishment: the sinner may have twelve years of famine or twelve hours of heavy rainfallPhysical pain preferred to poverty

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