μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Better to marry ugly than fair wife. Less hard to satisfy.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Other choices. · view the constellation · filed as J482.2

Cited in the index
  • general Alphabet No. 798.
Within the index

Filed under King advised to marry maid rather than widow. Widow would have things her own way.

1 finer motif beneath it
Better to marry a man lacking money than money lacking a man
Filed beside it
Woman refuses second marriage. If husband is good she will fear to lose him; if bad she will repent Young man advised to choose as wife a girl whose mother was chaste

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