μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

False miraculous relic.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham miracles. · view the constellation · filed as K1976

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
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Filed under Sham miracles.

1 finer motif beneath it
Two friars take arm from corpse and allege it is a miracle-producing relic. One of the tricksters questions its powers in public. Feigns being struck dead. Feigned resurrection. Tricksters enriched as a result
Filed beside it
Man behind statue (tree) speaks and pretends to be God (spirit) Oracular images occupied by spirits or priests who give the answers Jackal inside carcass of bullock makes people think his voice is God's. Demands gifts Living man at the grave pretends to be dead man speaking Sham miracle: may the grass grow up! Tricksters who have done no mowing say to their master when he angers them, "May the grass grow up again!" He finds it is full height

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