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.

  • SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 325 No. 8
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Overheard (human) conversation.

1 finer motif beneath it
Robbers' secret overheard and later used in court against them
Filed beside it
Overheard boast about hidden money brings about robberySecret formula for opening treasure mountain overheard from robbers (Open Sesame)King overhears girl's boast as to what she should do as queen. Marries herSecret remedies learned from green-clad womanHusband learns of wife's fidelity through conversation overheardSecret about prince's father learned by eavesdropper from his mother's talking to himFriend lingering in the kitchen learns of friend's distress and helps himLocation of sought object learned from overheard conversationBy hiding, stupid son overhears conversation and claims magic power for bamboo cupServant overhearing conversation realizes the misery of his employmentMen hear father threaten to marry daughters to first comers

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