μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Other impostures.

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Trickster feigns deafness and gets hospitality from miser
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Ubiquitous beggar. In disguise obtains alms three times from the same personTrickster poses as helper and eats women's stored provisionsGirls keep up appearances to deceive suitors as to their desirabilityRearing the large-headed and large-eyed bird. When the one rearing the owl learns its age he kills itDevil disguised as candidate for confirmationDevil disguised as man goes to churchBrother (sister) secures blessing due to anotherHare (jackal) makes horns of wax and poses as horned animal. Horns melt by the fireDevil tries to pass for Jesus. Forbids man to cut wood on Sunday. Disappears when man demands to see the wounds on his hands and feetWise man sent by king to rival to give him interested advice

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