μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. No. 210
  • Jewishbin Gorion Born Judas II 164, 349
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 330
  • general *BP I 343, II 189, III 303
Within the index

Filed under Deceiving the higher powers (God, the saints, the gods, fate).

6 finer motifs beneath it
Heaven entered by trick: permission to pick up cap. Trickster throws a cap or leather apron inside the gateHeaven entered by trick: demanding back the charity gift. The trickster demands of Peter an article which he has given in charity. He then sits on it as his own property within the gatesHeaven entered by trick: "wishing sack" thrown in. Trickster wishes himself in the sackHeaven entered by trick: sitting on Peter's chairHeaven entered by trick: slipping in along with holy personHeaven entered by trick: angel tricked by drink into telling woman how to enter
Filed beside it
Gods tricked into help in escaping one's fateIngeniously worded boon asked of God combines riches, issue, and restoration of eyesight: "Oh God! I want to see from above the seventh story of my mansion my great-grandsons playing in the streets and eating their cakes from golden vessels."Dog sent ahead so as to avoid seeing husband transformed. (Cf. S241.1.)

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