μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fool learns to repeat commonplace expressions: by chance thus scares off wife's suitors.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Literal fools. · Literal obedience. · view the constellation · filed as J2461.2.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Chinese Graham.
Within the index

Filed under Literal following of instructions about greetings. Numskull gives wrong greeting and is told how to give the correct one. When he tries it, however, the conditions are wrong.

Filed beside it
Literal numskull kisses a pig. Told that he should have kissed the old woman

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “commonplace” · wander