μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Parody sermon.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham prowess. · view the constellation · filed as K1961.1.2.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 1835*
  • Prussian Plenzat 77
  • Italian Novella Rotunda
  • West Indies Flowers 549.
  • general *BP III 116
  • general Fb "messe" II 582a
  • general Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 182
  • general Boccaccio Decameron VI No. 10 (Lee 179)
  • general *Wesselski Arlotto I 174ff. No. 3
Within the index

Filed under Sham parson repeats same expression over and over or says a few words of Latin.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Woman warns lover of husband by parody incantation. (Cf. K1961.1.2.1, V66.1, X441.) Witty funeral sermon. Priest having nothing good to say about man damns him with faint praise or gives anecdotes with unfavorable implications. (Cf. K1961.1.2.1.)

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