μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Monotony of restriction to one's favorite food. Counselor refuses to arrange extramarital pleasures for his lord. Ruler feeds him only his favorite food until the counselor protests the monotony. Ruler drives home his point.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. · view the constellation · filed as J81.0.1

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  • Italian NovellaRotunda, Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 10.
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Filed under The dishes of the same flavor. Man thus shown that one woman is like another and dissuaded from his amorous purpose.

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Society is like a dish: must be properly mixed. Plates having salt, pepper, fish, etc. not edible without mixingTo each his appropriate food. Woman gives morsel of various foods to each guest, with explanationParable comparing canons to a stew made of their individual meals

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