μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Adulteress feigns unusual sensitivenessThe oversensitive bridePretended honesty to mulct victim. Trickster claims to have found a bag of gold. Confederate claims and receives it upon correct identification. Spectator is thus deceived into trusting the trickster with a large sum of moneyFox confesses sins but is immediately ready to steal againHypocritical stepmother weeps as she tells departing husband she will take good care of stepchildren though they beat her (she beats them instead)Hypocrite refuses gifts orally but stretches out his handsPretended piety

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