μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man with unfaithful wife comforted.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by thought of others worse placed. · view the constellation · filed as J882

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Filed under Consolation by thought of others worse placed.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees the queen's unfaithfulness Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees jealous husband who carefully guards wife cuckolded Man whose wife gives him bath only once a week comforted by one who does so once a year
Filed beside it
Timid animal consoled when he sees others more timid Poor man consoles self by thinking of misfortunes of rich Clever person's defeat pleases inferior
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Husband consoled by seeing woman even more shrewish than his wife. (Cf. J882.)

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