μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Whole kingdom (all property) as wager.

Chance and fate. · Wagers and gambling. · Wagers and gambling. · view the constellation · filed as N2.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 429.
  • general *Fb "spille" III 487b, "konge" II 264b
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary stakes at gambling.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Right of succession to the throne lost in gambling Half kingdom as wager
Filed beside it
Play for unnamed stakes Stakes not claimed by winner, who insists on another game Own body as stake: to be taken as slave Lives wagered Bodily members wagered Helpful animals lost in wager Wife as wager Love wagered in game
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Gambler loses everything. (Cf. N2.5.)

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