μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Within the index

Filed under Double dealers.

1 finer motif beneath it
Double dealing physician hired to poison his master who has sent him to poison enemy
Filed beside it
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 otherHelper steals object obtained at end of questJackal persuades deer to steal from farmer, then informs farmer who catches deerCrow 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

wander