μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Haughty mistress makes extravagant demands of lover: repaid. (Glove and the Lion.)

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Arrogance repaid. · view the constellation · filed as L431.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 349 n. 256.
  • general *Shearin MLN XXVI 113
  • general *Buchanan Modern Language Review IV 183 n. 1
  • general Krappe MLN XXXIV 16
Within the index

Filed under Arrogant mistress repaid in kind by her lover.

Filed beside it
Scorned lover poses as rich man and cheats his scornful mistress Sneering princess is impregnated by magic

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