μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • JapaneseAnesaki 330
  • Africa (Hottentot)Bleek 10 No. 4, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 387 No. 13.
Within the index

Filed under Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food.

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The tail fisher. The bear is persuaded to fish with his tail through a hole in the ice. When he is attacked and tries to escape, he loses his tailDupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escapeGetting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stungBeginning with the smallest. Animals are to eat one another up to avoid starvation. The fox persuades them to start with the smallestEating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do soDupe imitates trickster's thefts and is caughtDupe made to sit on hot stoneHot porridge in the ogre's throat. He is tricked into burning his throatDupe persuaded to climb rope for food: rope breaksTrickster pretends to give dupe magic power to produce food. Injures himDupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants

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