μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Deceptions in payment of debt – miscellaneous.

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Devil loses his grain and gets thistles. God grants the devil one grain crop, which he can create by calling its name. The devil is tricked into forgetting the name and calling "Thistles". Hence his crop is of thistlesPayment of the egg-white. A man dreams of an egg hanging under his bed. An interpreter demands half of what he finds as his fee for interpreting the dream. The man finds that the egg is a silver cup filled with gold crowns. He gives the interpreter part of the cup but none of the gold. The interpreter says, "He gave me some of the egg-white but none of the yolk."Pseudo-magic money-dropping ass beaten to death by buyer; cheat says: "Return my ass, I shall return your money."

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