μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • general Type 1065*.
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Filed under Labor contest won by deception.

1 finer motif beneath it
Deceptive contest in chopping: iron in bamboo. Hero challenged to cut down bundles of bamboo suspended in air but a strip of iron is treacherously inserted in each
Filed beside it
Plowing contestHarvesting contestTree-pulling contestSewing contest won by deceptionContest in bridge-building won by deception
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