μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Debtor refuses to pay his debt.

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Milk bought on credit poured into one container. The trickster buys it from various women. After it is all poured together he says that each may have her own backTrickster gets strong drink by trickery in returning goods
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Refusal to perform part in mutual agreementReward for accomplishment of task deceptively withheldRefusal to make sacrifice after need is past. In distress a person promises a sacrifice to a god (saint) but disregards the promise when the danger passesPayment of money to the devil impossible, since debtor learns that the devil is deadDebt with worthless bond repudiatedDebtor tells creditor that he has had his reward in the hope of paymentToad receives water from frog; refuses earth in returnServant refused payment because of single mistakeMan refuses to pay murderer for killing and kills himFish promised in return for bacon. Later: "Drink up the river, you shall then have fish. All the fishes there are mine."Debt to be paid "tomorrow". Tomorrow never comesAgreement to leave sum of money on coffin of friend. One puts on his share in cash; other makes out a check for the total amount and takes cash left by the otherTo pay beggar for standing in tank all night. Beggar sees lights in temple. Payment refused since beggar has thus warmed himselfTrickster cheats by pretending deafness. Palm rat, when asked to throw down nuts according to bargain, replies that he is deaf when eating

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