μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The cup with two and three handles. When the servant girl presents the cup to the emperor she holds the handle herself. When there are two handles she holds one in each hand, and when there are three she holds the third one toward her.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Bungling fool. · Bungling fool. · view the constellation · filed as J2665.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general Type 1327*.
Within the index

Filed under The awkward servant.

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Servant injures master while shampooing him. Gives him a slap and breaks his skin

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