μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 68, 128 Nos. 515*, 1516*, Espinosa III No. 146, Keller
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 6, *Rotunda
  • Greek *Frazer Apollodorus I 151 n. 2, II 63 n. 4, 74 n. 2, 106 n. 3, Fox 104 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. III
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • Persian Carnoy 336
  • India Cowell Jātaka I 265, IV 117, *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 264, 529
  • Chinese Werner 192 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter V
  • Chinese-Persian *Coyajee JPASB XXIV 191
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 326 n. 178.
  • general *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 456 n. 102
  • general **Bloomfield Trans. Am. Philos. Assoc. LIV 141
  • general *Penzer II 120, IV 104, 107, V 176
  • general *Dickson 178 n. 44
  • general Boje 76
  • general *Faverty Harvard Studies and Notes in Phil and Lit. XIII 81ff.
  • general Heptameron No. 70
  • general Saintyves Saints Successeurs 213ff. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Slanders.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Telling a story to allay a woman's amorous desires Woman makes vain overtures to stepson and falsely accuses him of murder. She tries to poison him but her own son accidentally takes the beverage and apparently dies. Plot is revealed when doctor states that he had substituted sleeping potion for the poison Spurned woman accuses man of theft Friar refuses to keep promise after enjoying woman and is accused of rape. Castrated Adulteress tricks husband into killing allegedly importunate lover Mother falsely accuses son of incest with her Girl falsely accuses bishop
Filed beside it
Calumniated wife Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute). (Usually by unsuccessful suitor.) (Crescentia, Genoveva, Susanna.) Princess disguised as man is accused of illicit relations with queen Man falsely accused of infidelity. (Cf. K2121.) Animal-birth slander. A woman is accused of having given birth to animals. Her children are put out of the way and animals substituted Innocent person accused of murder Calumniated wife: substituted letter (falsified message). The letter announcing the birth of her children changed on the way to the king, so that the queen is falsely accused. (Cf. K2115, K2116.) Man slandered as having deflowered princess. (Cf. K2114.) Innocent woman accused of using witchcraft. Sham sickness Woman slandered as an ogress Slander: woman said to be possessed of demons Knight falsely accused of sedition False accusation of theft Slander: prince is bastard Slanders – miscellaneous
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Stars as deities Origin of constellations Origin of particular stars Chimera. Combination of lion, dragon, and goat. Breathes fire Bird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feet Bird announces time for sunrise and sunset Helpful magpie Animals serve as bridge across stream Giant serpent Tabu: looking at supernatural wife naked Transformation: man to smoke Transformation: pill to white rabbit
Carried in tale types

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