μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
Within the index

Filed under The unpromising surpasses the promising.

Filed beside it
Stupid person surpasses cleverPupil surpasses masterPoor man surpasses richIgnorant surpasses learned manUgly preferred to pretty sisterNeglected surpasses favorite childTardy surpasses punctualSlowness surpasses hastePeasant girl outwits princeDaughter succeeds on quest where son failsScorning stops when it turns out that the scorned has saved the king by fighting alone against fourUnpromising hero kills those who scorn him

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