μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Mildness triumphs over violence: queen advises husband to use kindness to enemies. This wins them over where war failedSaint uses kind words to pagan priest who has just smitten a Christian. This causes pagan to repent. Conversion followsContest of wind and sun. Sun by warmth causes traveler to remove coat, while wind by violent blowing causes him to pull it closer around himMild brother triumphs over warlike. Survives him and inherits propertyPriest who gives mild penances succeeds where others failGoldsmith gives money to one who addressed him as friend (the goldsmith had no friends because he has cheated everybody)

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