μῦθοι Mythoi
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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 Type 1415
  • general *BP II 199
  • general *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 187 n. 131.
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Filed under Wagers on wives, husbands, or servants.

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Wager on the most obedient wife. The husband tames his shrewish wife so that he wins the wagerHusbands wager that they will be able to do what wives tell them to do. One is told to drown himself: loses wagerChastity wager. A man makes a wager on his wife's chastity. In spite of unsuccessful attempts to seduce her and of false proofs presented, he wins the wagerWagers on unborn childrenWager on truthfulness of servant. The servant is sent to a neighbor's where he is made drunk and is seduced by the neighbor's wife. He tells the master all

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