μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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
  • IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 302
  • Jamaica*Beckwith MAFLS XVII 284 No. 117.
  • general *Type 1641
  • general BP II 401ff., 413
Within the index

Filed under Sham wise man.

1 finer motif beneath it
Sham wise man sees jewel hidden and is rewarded for finding it
Filed beside it
Sham wise man gives a purgative and helps find a lost horse. His pills get the creditSham wise man declares who committed the theft: robbersSham wise man does not know where his own house is. UnmaskedSham wise man stays alone feigning study. Is really killing fliesSham wise man (girl's confederate) interprets pretended dream for girl. Insists she be allowed to marry man of her own choiceSham wise man pretends knowledge from dream: really overheard conversationSham wise man burns house where he pretends to keep his marvelous books, and is free from being called againSham wise man accidentally predicts weather correctlyBoy, posing as magician, agitates purported all-knowing pig's head in front of his enemies, identifying them as dishonest men
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