μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Animal made to believe sound of swarming bees is that of her children singing in school. Rushes to water to relieve stings and is drowned.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. · view the constellation · filed as K1023.4

Cited in the index
  • general Africa (Suto): Jacottet I 36ff. No. 5.
Within the index

Filed under Getting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stung.

Filed beside it
Dupe allowed to guard "king's drum": it is a wasp nest Dupe persuaded to pick up biting ants Dupe persuaded to sit on ant hole. Hindquarters eaten Dupe induced to strike at bee's nest: badly bitten

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