μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Additional cheats.

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Trickster sells mother's wine to merchant without asking her permission. Mother saves part of wine because purchaser is dilatory in removing casksObject with a hollow as instrument of cheatsOld man cheats crocodile by playing on its ignorance of agricultureTrickster breaks cat of taste for milk by overheating its milkEmbarrassing gift. Trickster unwilling to pay for burial fee of aged cow, gives cow to unwitting Brahmin as gift. Cow dies soon and Brahmin must payGullible king gives large sums to minister for construction of imaginary weapon and then more to have it destroyedTrickster dupes rival by exchanging beds: receives his food. Overhears maiden tell rival she will bring food at night, waits until rival is asleep and carries him to another bed, takes his place, and is fed by maidenTreacherous friend drinks out of other's flask to save the water in his ownFox pretends to go to work, but goes out to sleep

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