μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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 *Chauvin II 174 No. 16, VIII 180 No. 212
  • general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 263 N. 232
  • general *Basset 1001 Contes II 305.
Within the index

Filed under Arrogance repaid.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Cruel brothers brought to beg charity from abused sisterImpoverished father begs from daughter he has banished: recognizedImpoverished husband begs from wife he has formerly expelledImpoverished youngest brother comes to elders in search of work
Filed beside it
Arrogant mistress repaid in kind by her loverArrogant farmer allows none to ride his precious horse without permission. He kills the man who does it, but is in revenge deprived of most of his goodsSelf-righteousness punished

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