μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Wife makes husband believe that her paramour is Death.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Gullible fools. · Nature of gullibility. · view the constellation · filed as J2349.2

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  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Nature of gullibility – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it
Dupe is made to believe horse will fly Credulous king reads about ocean of milk and its properties The woman who asked for news from home. Gets many impossible answers, which she believes. E.g., "The cock has become sexton." – "Yes, that is why he sang so well in the morning."

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