μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 513.
Within the index

Filed under Sale of worthless services.

Filed beside it
Thief masked as devil bought off by frightened ownerThe backwards and forwards dance. Dupe persuaded to pay for learning this dance (really moving toward and away from a fire)Trickster feigns ability to influence the sun; sells services. Sun to shine on fools' backs as they go to town in morning and return in afternoonFraudulent permission soldTrickster persuades dupe to sacrifice animal and give it to him as payment for supposed services

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