μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • general *BP II 437.
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Filed under Weak overcomes strong in conflict.

15 finer motifs beneath it
Bird flies into large animal's ear and kills himMouse torments bull who cannot catch himFox burns tree in which eagle has nest. Revenges theft of cubMother ape burns bear. Revenges theft of her youngLark causes elephant to fall over precipiceInsects worry large animal to despair or deathDungbeetle keeps destroying eagle's eggs. Eagle at last goes to the sky and lays eggs in Zeus's lap. The dungbeetle causes Zeus to shake his apron and break the eggsFish pricks monster with fins and defeats himFalcon attacks eagle repeatedly and defeats himMice overcome camelLizard defeats leopardRabbit slays rhinocerosHedgehog defeats tiger by jumping into tiger's mouth and tormenting himAnts overcome serpentSmall animals dupe larger into trap
Filed beside it
Weak (small) hero overcomes large fighterLittle strong man defeats giant in raceOffended rats gnaw saddle girths of king's horses so that he is defeated in battleMice win war with woodcutters

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