μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The common cow and bull: one gets front of cow and back of bull.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception through pseudo-simple bargain. · view the constellation · filed as K171.7.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Deceptive division of shared wife. Evil takes lower half of wife, Good takes upper half. Child begotten by Evil not permitted to nurse the top half which belongs to Good.

Filed beside it
Deceptive division of sheep. Evil chooses lambs, leaving milk to Good. Lambs drink up all milk

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