μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

  • EnglishWells 184 (The Fox and the Wolf)
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Italian Novella*Rotunda
  • American Negro (Georgia)Harris Remus 75 No. 16, (Pennsylvania): Parsons JAFL XXX 214, (South Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXXIV 16, Stewart JAFL XXXII 394.
  • general *Type 32
  • general BP IV 320
  • general Chauvin III 78 No. 57
  • general Fb "ræv" III 113b
  • general *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 43
Within the index

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Fox climbs from pit on wolf's backPrisoner kills his watchers who enter to torture him. EscapesCaptors lured into drowning selvesExaggerated tales about escapesEscape from suspicion of crimeCaptive throws his hat to lions who fight over it while he escapesCaptive throws his shoe at serpent who chokes while he escapesSleeping potion given to man who is to pass the night with a girl. (Sometimes magic pillow or magic sleeping card.)Trickster persuades pursuers to ride in his basket. Leaves basket on limb of tree and escapesHero tests the rope on which he is to be pulled to upper world. By placing stones on the rope he discovers his companions' treacherous plan to cut the ropeCutting rope to kill ogre who is climbing the rope to reach his victimSmall animal in mouth of larger causes captor to spit him out. (Defecates.)Escape by catching hold of limbs of tree while passing under itEscape by announcing great catastrophe (end of world or the like)Birds escape death by flying away with net
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