μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

"Come tomorrow". The devil keeps calling daily until the gate with the inscription rots. He then claims his debtor.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Other deceptions in the payment of debt. · view the constellation · filed as K231.12.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 1183*
  • RussianAndrejev No. 1183*.
Within the index

Filed under Debt to be paid "tomorrow". Tomorrow never comes.

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