μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • Irish mythCross.
Within the index

Filed under Double dealers.

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Dog alternately bites and caresses hares. Is he friend or enemy?Magpie leads other magpies into his master's net. Promises them that the master will teach them to speakTrickster makes basket for his partner tiger to carry meat, but does not sever bamboo from roots. Tiger left behindSame reward promised to many helpersSupernatural personages seen in dreams advise opposing kings how each can overcome the otherJackal persuades deer to steal from farmer, then informs farmer who catches deerDouble dealing physicianCrow gets to owls pretending crows have cast him out. Having learned secret retreats of owls, he returns to crows and leads them to victory over owlsWhen wolf pretends to slander tiger fox agrees; later tells tiger he was trying to test wolf's malice

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